Clean Yield Insights

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Q3 2023 Market Update: Climate Change

October 17, 2023
No, we’re not referring to the existential threat to humanity. We are, however, referring to the investment climate. The investment climate has had roughly 10-year cycles over many decades. The cycles are usually caused initially by a “loose” monetary policy… Read More >

Q1 2023 Market Update: Rough Seas Ahead

April 13, 2023
The federal government seems to have stemmed the recent banking crisis for now. Its aggressive intervention to back customer deposits has had the intended calming effect. The Federal Reserve, however, was partly responsible for the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank,… Read More >

Q4 2022 Market Update: Turning the Page

January 11, 2023
2022 in Review Ouch! It was the worst year for global stock markets since the 2007-2009 global financial crisis. We’re not surprised. After the rampant speculation of 2021 in cryptocurrencies, “meme stocks,” and “disruptive innovator” companies, 2021 ended with stock… Read More >

Clean Yield Celebrates Cooperative Month

October 27, 2022
October is Cooperative Month! In honor of Cooperative Month, we want to share a bit about what co-ops are and why Clean Yield loves them. What is a co-op? A co-op is a group or organization that is owned and… Read More >

Q3 2022 Market Update: Rear View

October 12, 2022
No, we are not referring to the 1954 thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock. We are referring to what Fed Chairman Powell seems to be looking through in driving monetary policy. Rear-view driving ends badly; when the Fed does it, the… Read More >
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Post-Roe: Anger and Action

June 27, 2022
We’re angry and we’re scared. Angry that vital rights have been taken away from women. Angry that a small group of people with so much power can simply overturn “settled law” in a way that’s in conflict with the wants… Read More >
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Q4 2021 Market Update: Herd Immunity?

January 13, 2022
We can sum up 2021 quite simply: Covid, Covid, Covid … and the S&P 500 stock market index hit a record high (more than 70 times). But let’s look “under the hood” and assess prospects for 2022. This year might… Read More >
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Night School December 2021: Inflation

December 9, 2021
Inflation is in the news every day. We see it first-hand at the gas station, the grocery store, and elsewhere. It clearly has captured the attention of both the public and investors. The number of Google searches for “stagflation” (a… Read More >