LCTU News and Press, BlackRock U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness ETF From 06/29/22

The global workplace identity is steadily changing - across age, gender, sexual orientation, and especially race. Effective DEI policies rely on a distinct ecosystem of actions and attitudes. In the post-COVID-19 business world, human capital is more valuable than ever. ...

If you are interested in ESG investing, you may be wondering if you are going to pay a performance penalty for doing so. In a white paper first distributed in 2019, researchers looked at the divergence of ratings from the most well-known ESG raters in the world. The paper sug...

The energy transition remains intact, but potentially less linear in the wake of current events. We continue to develop new research insights to capture this shift and detect early signs of transition readiness. Now, the war in Ukraine and deglobalization present added cybersecuri...

There is no consistency in the assignment of ESG ratings. The SEC is mooting a proposal to standardize disclosure among ESG funds. Despite underlying ambiguity, ESG funds is a rapidly growing sector within asset management. Much of what is advertised as sustainable investing, ...

The good news is that President Biden said that tackling inflation is his “top domestic policy.” The bad news is that the burden of fighting inflation falls mostly on the Fed raising key interest rates, which could depreciate asset values like homes and stock prices. Eur...

Energy and commodity companies are largely paid in U.S. dollars. Portfolios that focus on inflationary growth sectors are benefiting from high prices for copper, crude oil, natural gas, fertilizer, lithium, and other higher commodity prices. The median new home sales price is now ...

Stocks had a ripsnorter of a rally last week and a lot of people are pondering the question in the title over this long weekend. Sentiment is certainly negative right now by several measures. Sentiment surveys (AAII, Investor’s Intelligence, etc.) are universally negative becau...

Central banks are facing a growth-inflation trade-off. Hiking interest rates too much risks triggering a recession, while not tightening enough risks causing runaway inflation. The Fed has made it clear it is ready to dampen growth. Implication: We are neutral developed market (DM) equiti...

When we make investment decisions about assets with multi-decade horizons, our forecasts will ultimately break down. There are multiple, equally valid pathways through the transition, all with different technology mixes and varied time horizons. Social factors may drive higher emi...

As the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ecosystem evolves and the number of investors grows, ESG investments must keep pace. In the equity world, this evolution translates to index providers working to match rapidly developing ESG demands. Bloomberg Intelligence reporte...