Clean Yield Insights

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Q1 2019 Market Update: Myths Versus Reality

April 12, 2019
We live in a bizarre time when our president, his favorite news source, and his followers all see only their own reality, one that rejects evidence. Let’s face it, we believe what we want to believe. This also applies to… Read More >
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Night School: Don't Fight the Fed

March 12, 2019
After a series of financial panics, Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act in 1913, which created the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the U.S. The Fed was granted the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes (the U.S.… Read More >
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Investing from the ground up

September 25, 2018
For more than a dozen years, Clean Yield has been investing in local food and regenerative agriculture enterprises. Our commitment to agriculture is rooted in our history as a company founded in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, a place with a strong… Read More >
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Night School: Values-Based vs. Value Investing

May 23, 2018
We have long practiced values-based investing. This means investing in companies that offer products or services that are socially beneficial, have ethical business practices and a long-term perspective, emphasize diversity in their executive staff and board of directors, treat their… Read More >