marcus@wanginst.UUCP (Bob Marcus) (03/04/86)
In article <10980001@acf8.UUCP> schwrtze@acf8.UUCP (E. Schwartz group) writes: > > I am at a point in my life where i have begun to think about [small] >investments. My concern is what my money ends up supporting. I am seeking >any info folks might have on politically/socially responsible investment >companies (Money Market or Mutual Funds, stock brokers, etc). I clipped an article from USAIR's in-flight magazine a couple of years ago, which lists mutual funds and investment firms specializing in social investments. According to the article they all have different economic and social criteria for selecting their portfolios. Please bear in mind that the article is two or three years old, so some information may be out of date. I haven't contacted any of these firms myself. Calvert Social Investment Fund 1700 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 (800) 368-2748 Min. Investment: $1,000 Dreyfus Third Century Fund 600 Madison Ave. New York, NY 10022 (800) 645-6561 [in NY (516) 794-5200] Min. Investment: $2,500 Pax World Fund 224 State Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 (603) 431-8022 Min. Investment: $250 Working Assets Money Fund 1427 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 (415) 664-6812 Min. Investment: $1,000 I'm omitting the two firms with a minimum of $100,000. Let me know if you require this information :-) -- Bob Marcus marcus@wanginst (Csnet) Wang Institute of Graduate Studies wanginst!marcus (UUCP) Tyng Road, Tyngsboro, MA 01879 (617) 649-9731
mazlack@ernie.berkeley.edu (Lawrence J. Mazlack) (03/11/86)
> >I clipped an article from USAIR's in-flight magazine a couple of years ago, >which lists mutual funds and investment firms specializing in social >investments. According to the article they all have different economic and >social criteria for selecting their portfolios. Please bear in mind that the >article is two or three years old, so some information may be out of date. >I haven't contacted any of these firms myself. > . . . > Dreyfus Third Century Fund > 600 Madison Ave. > New York, NY 10022 > (800) 645-6561 [in NY (516) 794-5200] > Min. Investment: $2,500 Drefus likes to call itself a socially responsible mutual fund but only meets that criteria by the most generous interpretation. ...Larry Mazlack