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• Spreading the Risk with Collective Investment Schemes - 29 January 2010

Investors who are not in a position to dabble in a wide range of stock market investments as an individual, may want to consider a collective investment scheme, in which a group of investors share the costs as well as the benefits of wide-range investing. Depending on where you are, you may find collective investment schemes being referred to by different names, including funds, investment funds, managed funds and mutual funds – although in the US, mutual funds refers to open-end funds.

• Gas Prices Falling in Line With Oil Prices - 25 January 2010

While declining oil prices over the last week have not necessarily caught the attention of consumers as much as they have speculators and impacted businesses, the falling gas prices have. Friday (January 22) marked the seventh consecutive day of falling fuel prices with the current national average at $2.73, according to Wright Express and the Oil Price Information Service.

• Trend of Socially Responsible Investing - 14 January 2010

With the spotlight on global warming and people all over the world becoming conscious of their carbon footprint, many corporate companies are using their social responsibility programs as a marketing tool. While many are seriously doing what they can for the environment, others are indulging in "greenwashing", realizing that a growing number of investors are becoming biased toward companies seen to be socially responsible. This has given impetus to socially responsible investing (SRI), also referred to as ethical investing, or socially-conscious investing, in which both financial return and social good are maximized.

• Gold Price Spikes as Jobs Disappoint - 11 January 2010

Just when it appeared that the gold price was ready to reverse its long-running and fast-paced upward trend, speculators have begun to jump back in. After falling to a 60-day low of $1,080.50, the price of gold reached its highest point in just over a month at the close of New York trade on January 6th.

• Corporate Social Responsibility - 7 January 2010

As authorities express concern over global warming and all its associated implications, consumers are encouraged to do whatever they can to reduce their impact on the environment. While there have always been groups of pro-environmentalists, increased awareness of the consequences of poor environmental management has resulted in a marked increase in ethical consumerism and green branding. It has also put a whole new perspective on how both consumers and management teams view corporate social responsibility (CSR).

• TBL: Promoting People, Planet and Profit - 4 January 2010

Triple bottom line management refers to 'people, planet and profit', also known as the 'three pillars', which is used to measure the economic, ecological and social success of an organization – all of which are steadily gaining recognition as issues of utmost importance and even becoming deciding factors for the growing trend of socially responsible investing.