Comments on: A Collection of Reader Contributions http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/10/26/a-collection-of-reader-contributions/ personal finance that makes cents Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:21:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: David http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/10/26/a-collection-of-reader-contributions/#comment-11936 David Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:47:48 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/10/26/a-collection-of-reader-contributions/#comment-11936 Answering your question about the "Red Fund" issue... today CNBC asked the Blue Fund Manager if they would start a fund of companies that donate primarily to republicans, and the fund manager replied that, politics aside, something like 450 of the S&P 500 fall into the red category, so the S&P 500 already covers that ground. There is an counterparty to the socially responsible funds, though. "Sin funds" invest in tobacco, alcohol, gambling, etc, too. I'm sticking with indexes. (purple funds?) Answering your question about the “Red Fund” issue… today CNBC asked the Blue Fund Manager if they would start a fund of companies that donate primarily to republicans, and the fund manager replied that, politics aside, something like 450 of the S&P 500 fall into the red category, so the S&P 500 already covers that ground.

There is an counterparty to the socially responsible funds, though. “Sin funds” invest in tobacco, alcohol, gambling, etc, too.

I’m sticking with indexes. (purple funds?)

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