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Louis Berger
Louis is a Justmeans staff writer on the topic of Finance & Investing where he covers trends in the socially responsible investment space. He is co-founder and principal of Washington Square Capital Management, a NYC-based independent investment advisory firm with a focus on socially responsible investing. His clients include individual investors, businesses and institutions. Prior to founding WSQ Capital, Louis worked as a Financial Advisor in the US Wealth Management division at UBS in New York. He holds a Series 66 securities license, a New York State Life and Health insurance license, a BFA from New York University and a MFA from New School University. Follow me on twitter: @louisberger
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Post-Recession Charitable Giving: Time To Get Creative
Sustainable Finance: One of the unfortunate byproducts of the Great Recession has been the significant decline in charitable giving both by...
April 29 • 1 -
Evidence That Solar Power Increases Home Value
Sustainable Finance: U.S. homeowners looking to sell their homes are having a very difficult time finding buyers these days. And even thos...
April 22 • 1 -
The 20 Greenest Banks in the World?
Sustainable Finance: Bloomberg Markets recently published their inaugural list of the world's 20 Greenest Banks. So who do they pick to be t...
April 12 -
Transocean Safety Bonus Shenanigans
Sustainable Finance: Hypothetical situation: Let's suppose you run the largest offshore oil rig contracting company in the world. Let's als...
April 05 • 1 -
Societe Generale Floats New SRI Investment, Management Fees To Go To Charity
Sustainable Finance: Earlier this week, Paris-based banking giant Societe Generale announced the launch of its first socially responsible in...
April 01 -
Housing Math: New Home + Solar Power = Sale?
Sustainable Finance: The US housing sector is in rough shape. Despite recent upbeat economic reports and a rallying stock market, the housi...
March 25 -
Up in Smoke: Will Legalized Marijuana Lead To Investment Opportunities?
Sustainable Finance: One of the interesting byproducts of legalized medical marijuana legislation in states like California and Colorado is...
March 23 • 2 -
Green Investing: The Old Rules Still Apply
Sustainable Finance: So let's say you've got some money you'd like to put to work in a socially responsible investment. Maybe you received...
March 21 -
Google Goes Green With Biofuel Investment
Sustainable Finance: The folks at Google Ventures have been very active in the green venture capital space lately. Following a $42 million i...
March 18 -
Fukushima May Derail Global Investment in Nuclear Power
Sustainable Finance: As the tragedy in Fukushima continues to unfold, and the world watches helplessly, hoping for the safety of the Japanes...
March 16 -
10 SRI Fund Companies Every Green Investor Should Know
Sustainable Finance: So you want to invest socially responsibly, but aren't really sure how to do it. Maybe you have a company retirement pl...
March 14 • 2 -
Eco Investors Score Environmental Victories
Sustainable Finance: Once a year, publicly traded companies across America hold annual meetings for their shareholders. The purpose of thes...
March 11 -
The 10 Most Socially Responsible Companies in the World?
Sustainable Finance: In their upcoming issue devoted to the world's most admired companies, Fortune Magazine includes a section listing thei...
March 07 • 15 -
What Makes an Investment Socially Responsible?
Sustainable Finance: If you're new to investing and thinking about putting your hard earned money to work using an approach that incorporate...
March 04 -
Farmer's Almanac 2.0: Google To Insure Against Extreme Weather
Sustainable Finance: Google is getting into the insurance business. Earlier this week, it was announced that Google, through their Google Ve...
March 03 -
Is Glencore The Poster Child For Activist Investing?
Sustainable Finance: Activist SRI investors take note: the "Goldman Sachs" of the commodities world is about to go public. Over the past sev...
February 28 -
Will Events in the Middle East Spark a Renewable Energy Revolution?
Sustainable Finance: One area of the financial markets most impacted by recent events in the Middle East and North Africa is the price of cr...
February 24 • 1 -
Buyer Beware: Has the SEC Uncovered a Green Con?
Sustainable Finance: When UK-based CO2 Tech began trading in the public equity markets in 2007, they appeared to be an ambitious, forward-lo...
February 21 -
Climate Change Shareholder Resolution Roundup
Sustainable Finance: Earlier this week, Ceres released a report detailing the climate and energy related shareholder resolutions due to be f...
February 18 -
Do Socially Responsible Mutual Funds Engage in Greenwashing?
Sustainable Finance: Pop open the hood of a typical socially responsible mutual fund and it might surprise you what you find. Often SRI fun...
February 16 • 2
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