Pension Funds Face New Era of Disclosure On Climate Risks


For more than a decade, as part of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), investors have been asking the companies they invest in to disclose their carbon emissions, in theory so that they could get a...

What a Year for Entrepreneurs!


Please note that Dr. Shulman is a principal in several investment advisory companies, both SEC-registered and private. In this capacity Dr. Shulman advises SEC-registered mutual funds as well as...
    






Money From Nothing


IMAGINE SOMEONE handing you money for something you own in exchange for the right to buy it at a certain price for a limited period of time. It would be unusual to strike this kind of deal for your...
    






Four High-Yielding ETFs For Growth And Income


Let’s take a look at high dividend paying ETFs that offer an opportunity for both growth and income. Growth & income exchange-traded funds typically run the gamut from all equity to balanced...
    






Fat Discounts Bring New Appeal To Bond Closed End Funds


The developed world continues the deleveraging process made necessary by the bursting of the credit bubble some five-years ago.  Deleveraging produces deflation and there is scant evidence to suggest...
    






Meet the CDO


Meet the Chief Data Officer, the modern corporation’s most important new executive in the age of the cloud. If you are lucky, your company already has a CDO – even if that person doesn’t wear that...
    






Lunch With Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer


Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has offered publicly to have a lunch date with her. But it will cost you over $57,500. So if you think of having a 1 hour lunch with her, be prepared to spend more than $57,...