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U.S. equities rebounded in July, driven by better-than-expected earnings and anticipation of a potential slowing in the pace of future rate hikes by the Fed. The funds in FlexShares' suite of ETFs that invest in U.S.
Sustainable investing offers another opportunity for advisors to have deeper, more meaningful relationships with their clients. ESG investing — or “sustainable investing” — continues to gain awareness, acceptance, and assets, but skepticism among advisors is still common, according to a FlexShares insight based on The Flexible Advisor podcast.
As sustainable investing continues to affirm its place among traditional strategies, many advisors assume that sustainable investing entails a trade-off in returns. “The facts have been for a long time that sustainable funds, on the whole, perform just as well as any other type of funds,” Jon Hale, director of ESG strategy at Morningstar, said [.
Now more than ever, especially with skyrocketing oil prices, environmental, social, and government (ESG) investing is becoming a core component of the capital markets. As the world looks to take the necessary measures to reduce its carbon footprint, look to niche areas like climate change for opportunity.
FlexShares' top-performing ETFs last week largely have one commonality: they all integrate ESG criteria into their investment strategies. Surging commodity prices, exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing halt in Russian global imports, have emphasized the need for improving the scale of clean energy sources across the globe.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing has seen exponential growth over the past years. While it presents an opportune growth strategy, the question investors need to ask is whether the strategy they're using addresses future risk.
Sustainable investing offers another way to manage risk in portfolios without limiting performance. In fact, over a one-year period, the S&P 500 ESG index has returned 20.25%, while the S&P 500 index has only had returns of 16.39%, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices.
The FlexShares ESG & Climate U.S. Large Cap Core Index Fund ETF (FEUS) has several things going for it. This little-known fund carries a notably cheap expense ratio of just 9 basis points, significantly lower than the category average of 57 basis points, and since its inception in September 2021, FEUS has showcased an early [.