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Nobrow is that state where buzz is the most important index, where taste no longer has any real meaning and has been replaced by a "hierarchy of hotness." It's the place where the marketers have all the power...
SOCIAL POINTS Investing in socially responsible funds can make you feel good about getting richer--but the trade-off can be a fairly stiff fee. This spring two new socially responsible index funds will debut with lower-than-average management fees. The Vanguard Calvert Social Index Fund will have a .25% expense ratio, and TIAA-CREF's Social Choice Equity's fee will fall in the same range as those of its other funds, between...
...Expense Return Return Ratio Calvert World Values Intl. Equity C -5.21 28.82 2.91 Citizens Index -4.59 27.49 1.58 Domini Social Equity -5.80 22.63 .98 IPS Millennium 14.71 118.80 1.40 Neuberger Berman Socially Resp -5.22 7.04 1.10 Parnassus 11.49 47.74 1.10 SOURCE: MORNINGSTAR...
...problem, as we all know, is that cigarettes are killers. Many people avoid the stock on moral grounds, opting for such high-performing angels as Citizens Index Fund or Domini Social Equity Fund. Others shun it because they figure the industry is doomed. Last week lawyers hit Big Tobacco with a price-fixing suit. Next month a Florida jury could find the industry liable for damages of $100 billion or so in a class-action case. (Even if the case survives appeal, though no money will change hands for at least a decade.) It's highly unlikely, but possible, that...
PARENTAL TECH SUPPORT Don't just buy your kids a computer and expect them to become science and technology wizards all by themselves. Youngsters want some reliable mom-and-dad support to bolster their science education. The latest Lemelson-M.I.T. Invention Index survey reveals that more than half of teens, 55%, believe parental encouragement to do well in science is an excellent idea. Some 39% want parents to provide access to books and materials. And 36% want parents to help with homework or school projects. The parental law of inertia is, apparently, no excuse...