NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2020 COMMENTARY Equity markets across the globe posted spectacular US Dollar-based returns in November. Within fixed income markets, US credit and non-dollar bonds posted strong gains. European equities have recovered...
Read MoreOCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2020 COMMENTARY Global equities disappointed in October as coronavirus cases mounted across Europe and the US. Several large economies in Europe, including Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy, are returning...
Read MoreOCTOBER 2020 PORTFOLIO UPDATE September was a volatile month across the globe as many markets pared strong advances achieved in the wake of March’s pandemic-induced lows. In the US, the technology-laden NASDAQ Composite Index...
Read MoreAired on September 17, 2020 Markets and tensions are up as we near election day. So, what is a person to do? The most important thing you can do for yourself is to keep informed. We began our Conscious Capital Conversations at the...
Read MorePORTFOLIO UPDATE – SEPTEMBER 2020 In the latter part of July, our third party asset management firm Wilde Capital Management increased its conviction in risk assets across our asset allocation portfolios in recognition of the...
Read MorePlease join us this Friday, September 11th at 11am EST for our second annual Future Capital Summit. Meet us at the nexus of consciousness and capital to discover how the work you are doing, or inspired to do, may be aligned and...
Read MoreAUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2020 COMMENTARY Global equities throughout the world are continuing to recover from their pandemic-induced nadir reached in late March. August was another strong month particularly in the US with the large cap,...
Read MoreFor the first time since late March, we have taken tactical action in our portfolios, increasing our commitment to US corporate (investment grade) credit and duration and reducing our cash position to demonstrate a full commitment to...
Read MoreWe find ourselves in a moment of societal and economic turmoil driven by new forces like COVID-19 and centuries-old challenges like the disenfranchisement, systemic oppression and even murder of those who do not hold the levers of...
Read MoreAired on May 28, 2020 with special guest Catherine Banat who oversees the Responsible Investing Platform for RBC GAM-US.
Read MoreAired on May 7, 2020 with special guest Julie Gorte, Senior Vice President for Sustainable Investing at IMPAX and Mark Sloss and Doug Wilde as our wealth guests.
Read MoreAired on Thursday, April 30th at 7pm EST with health guest Leslie Hunt Palumbo and Mark Sloss and Doug Wilde as our wealth guests.
Read MoreAired April 23, 2020 at 7pm EST with health guest Dr. Edward Creagan and Mark Sloss and Doug Wilde as our wealth guests.
Read MoreAired April 16, 2020 at 7pm EST with health guest Dr. Dorothy A. Martin-Neville and Mark Sloss and Doug Wilde as our wealth guests.
Read MoreAired on Thursday, April 9th with indigenous leaders Jyoti Ma and Mindahi Bastida as our health guests and Doug Wilde and Mark Sloss as our wealth guests.
Read MoreAired on Thursday, April 2, 2020 with health guest Dr. David Tusek, Founder of Cloud Medical and Douglas Wilde and Mark Sloss as our wealth guests.
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Read MoreWe will be hosting a live webinar scheduled for this Thursday March 12th at 7:00pm EST. Please join us and feel free to invite your friends. Register via link below. Webinar Overview: A public health crisis on its own is distressing. A...
Read MoreCOVID-19, popularly and generically referred to as “the (novel) coronavirus” has become that X factor we look for that comes from outside the markets and the normal news cycle to disrupt the status quo. While issues we have...
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Please join us in congratulating Conscious Capital’s Whole Wealth Advisor™ Andrea Wolfe for receiving her Chartered SRI Counselor (CSRIC™) Professional Designation. Well done!
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! In 2017, official development assistance stood at $146.6 billion, the highest ever recorded! SDG #17 calls us to action. The Sustainable Development Goals cannot be obtained without the...
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Watch Lawrence Ford, CEO of Conscious Capital Wealth Management speaking on the panel at the Global Leaders Forum along with Ban Ki-moon and many other global leaders, policy makers, and prestigious scholars.
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! 116 countries have adopted freedom-of-information laws and policies. These laws allow data held by national governments to be accessed by the general public. SDG #16 aims to make sure everyone...
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! 2.6 billion people depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. SDG #15 aims to preserve the global ecosystem. We need nature to survive, and nature's survival depends on our actions.
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! Approximately 3 billion people depend on biodiversity for their livelihoods. SDG #14 - Life Below Water recognizes the importance of keeping our oceans healthy. Our oceans provide: food, medicine...
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! Global emissions of carbon dioxide have increased by almost 50% since 1990. SDG #13 - Climate Action hopes to address the impact of climate change to help mitigate climate related disasters....
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted every year! Meanwhile, almost 1 billion people go undernourished and another 1 billion go hungry. We must reduce our ecological footprint to lower our...
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Happy Sustainable Sundays with the SDGs! 828 million people in the world live in slums and the number keeps rising! The growth of cities in our world are ideal for commerce, culture, productivity, and science. However, they also bring...
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! Did you know persons with disabilities are 5 times more likely to incur catastrophic health expenditures? SDG #10 - Reduced inequalities works to restore equal rights for all. Living up to our...
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! 4 billion people still don't have access to the internet! 90% of those without internet are in the developing world. SDG #9 - Industry Innovation and Infrastructure, hopes to bridge the digital...
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! As of 2017, there were 193 million unemployed persons which corresponds to 5.6% of the global population. This week’s Sustainable Development Goal aims for decent work and economic growth....
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! Can you believe that 1 in 5 people still lack access to electricity? In the span of 20 years (1990-2010), the number of people with access to electricity increased by 1.7 billion. SDG# 7 -...
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! 80 percent of wastewater from human activities is discharged into waterways without any pollution removal! Did you know that 1 in 10 people don't have access to safe drinking water? SDG #6 fights...
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Monday, August 19, 2019
It will take some time to unpack both the intent and the implications of the Business Roundtable’s redefinition of the purpose of a corporation, but a quick meditation on their announcement on August 19th leads to a very...
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! Currently, 330 million women and girls are living on less than $1.90/day. "Gender equality is more than a goal in itself... It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty,...
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Tomorrow begins the AREDAY summit where solutions for climate change will be fostered through dialogue between over 100 cross-sector speakers, commitments, collaborations, and investments. Called the “Davos of Clean and Renewable...
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Happy Sustainable Sundays with the SDGs! 57 million primary school age children around the world are deprived the right to an education. SDG #4 strives for equal access to education for all. Invest 2 minutes in Education by watching...
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Happy Sustainable Sundays with the SDGs! 400 million people lack access to basic health services. SDG #3 aims to achieve universal health coverage that is based on. Invest 2 minutes in Good Health and Well-Being by watching this short...
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Happy Sustainable Sundays with the SDGs! Over 1/3 of the world's food is wasted. SDG #2 aims to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030. Invest 2 minutes in Zero Hunger by watching this short video:
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Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Gatekeepers may feel torn when it comes to balancing different stakeholders’ ESG priorities, but harmony is possible. What’s that saying about good intentions? When ESG-minded clients seek investment solutions that take...
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! 836 million people live in extreme poverty. SDG #1 aims to end poverty in all its forms by the year 2030, donate what you don't use to help end poverty. Invest 2 minutes in No Poverty by watching...
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were unanimously adopted by world leaders from 193 countries at the United Nations Summit in 2015. The goals are a universal call to action to tackle...
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Friday, June 14, 2019
The accepted wisdom is that we are awash in a sea of terms and acronyms that all more or less mean the same thing: ESG, sustainability, impact, SRI, socially conscious investing, values-based investing and so on. But wait –...
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Monday, May 6, 2019
According to the National Women's Law Center, the overall wage gap for women over the past decade has remained steady at about 80 cents for every dollar earned by men. That translates to about 64 extra work days per year for women to...
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! Can you believe that 1 in 5 people still lack access to electricity? In the span of 20 years (1990-2010), the number of people with access to electricity increased by 1.7 billion. SDG# 7 hopes to...
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Lawrence Ford speaking on a panel for the 2018 Decade of Women with Thomson Reuters:
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The odds may be stacked against it, but the Green New Deal could be a seminal moment for ESG investing – even if it doesn’t make it into law. Is the Green New Deal compatible with the free market? And – let’s...
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Thank you World Academy of Arts and Science and The Club of Rome for hosting the Emerging New Civilization Initiative being held in Dubrovnik, Croatia. It is an honor to be part of these critical discussions aiming to amplify the...
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Conscious Capital’s mission brought us to Stockholm a couple weeks ago. Striking up a conversation with a cab driver I ask him "how is life"? He tells me with a huge smile– he lives 15 minutes outside of the city, children...
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! In 2017, official development assistance stood at $146.6 billion, the highest ever recorded!
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! 116 countries have adopted freedom-of-information laws and policies. These laws allow data held by national governments to be accessed by the general public.
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! 2.6 billion people depend on agriculture for their livelihoods.
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! Global emissions of carbon dioxide have increased by almost 50% since 1990! SDG #13 - Climate Action hopes to find solutions to fix climate change. Invest 2 minutes in climate action by watching...
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! 1.3 Billion tonnes of food is wasted every year! Meanwhile, almost 1 billion people go undernourished and another 1 billion go hungry. The necessity for SDG #12 is clear! There is such a need to...
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Happy Sustainable Sundays with the SDGs! 828 Million people live in slums and the number keeps rising! The growth of cities in our world are ideal for commerce, culture, productivity, and science. However, they also bring about...
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! Did you know persons with disabilities are 5 times more likely to incur catastrophic health expenditures? SDG# 10- Reduced inequalities works to restore equal rights for all. Obtaining equal...
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Happy Sustainable Sundays with the SDGs! As of 2017, there were 193 million unemployed persons which corresponds to 5.6% of the global population. This week’s Sustainable Development Goal aims for decent work and economic growth....
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Happy Holidays! We're drooling over USAVegan magazine's holiday edition. Their virtual magazine will help you do good while eating good. Check it out here: USAVegan Magazine - Holiday Editionmag
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Happy Sustainable Sundays with the SDGs! Did you know that 1 in 10 people don't have access to safe drinking water? This is only one of many reasons why SDG #6 fights for clean water and sanitation around the world. Check out this...
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! Currently, 330 million women and girls are living on less than $1.90/day. "Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty,...
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On September 11th, 2018, influential leaders in the world of Sustainability, and Conscious Capitalism came together to meet at the United Nations at the Sustainable Investing Conference to discuss the alignment of investor capital and...
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! How many children and adolescents lack basic mathematical and literacy skills? 617 Million SDG #4, Quality Education aims to eliminate gender disparities, expand access to scholarships, upgrade...
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Happy Sustainable Sunday with the SDGs! Over 6 million children die under the age of five! What are some of the contributing factors? 1. Hot Climate 2. Scarce Food 3. Lack of resources and life necessities Imagine a world with equal...
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Thanksgiving is so much more than filling up on America’s finest comfort foods and grabbing a cat nap before the game. It’s the perfect time to take a step back and be grateful for those around us. We want to thank you for...
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Over 90 million children under the age of five are dangerously underweight!
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Happy Sustainable Sundays with the SDGs! “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that’s wrong with the world”. -Dr. Paul Farmer. Watch this short video to better understand SDG #1.
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We are excited to introduce Sustainable Sundays with the SDGs! On September 25, 2015, the SDGs were created. What is an SDG? “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (or Global Goals for Sustainable Development) are a collection of...
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Sunday, October 7, 2018
Please join us on October 30th from 7:30am – 10:30am EST at New Haven Lawn Club – 193 Whitney Avenue New Haven, CT 06511, for Conscious Capitalism’s Purpose & Profit event. This event features a presentation by Barry...
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A dynamic movement is under way that is fundamentally changing the way we invest and conduct our financial advisory businesses. Click Read More to view the full article published in the Investments & Wealth Monitor Nov/Dec 2017 Issue.
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Thursday, April 13, 2017
Lawrence Ford joins Raj Sisodia, Co-Founder Conscious Capitalism spoke to entrepreneurial students at Boston University.
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017
On April 5, 2017, Lawrence Ford will be a guest panelist at the Boston University Social Enterprise and Impact Investing Summit. This event will provide insights on social, cultural, community and environmental outcomes.
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Babson College will host its first Social Innovation Summit at the Wellesley, Massachusetts campus on April 7-8, 2017.
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Monday, January 30, 2017
Many people live as though they are asleep, drifting through life unaware of their purpose, their reason for being and thus missing their true impact to society and to those around them.
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Monday, January 23, 2017
Lawrence Ford, Founder and CEO of Conscious Capital Wealth Management™ (CCWM), has been named Business Person of the Year by Peace Island Institute.
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Monday, January 23, 2017
Lawrence Ford, Founder and CEO of Conscious Capital Wealth Management™ (CCWM), has been named Business Person of the Year by Peace Island Institute an international Civil Society.
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Monday, April 14, 2014
Quinnipiac University’s Dean’s Distinguished Speaker featured Lawrence Ford, CEO of Conscious Capital Wealth Management, LLC, and Terry Mollner, a founder and board member of the Calvert Social Investment Funds.
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