
Robert Netzly
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Are Crypto investors at risk of total wipeout from platform bankruptcy?
Think about a scenario where the proverbial Charles Schwab Co. went bankrupt and all the customers whose investment accounts, IRAs, 401k’s and the like lost all their money in bankruptcy court.
Exposing the Equality Act for being misleading
However, the Equality Act is a misleading piece of legislation that purports equality but contains provisions buried deep in its pages that specifically remove protections for women, children, and religious persons.
Corporations should abandon their support of the Equality Act
To put it another way, 97.5% of American publicly traded businesses do not endorse the Equality Act. This begs the question, why not?
Biblically responsible investing is not what you think it is
When the Holy Spirit convicted my heart about biblically responsible investing it was not because of a realization that my investment money was going into the coffers of bad businesses who would use it to pursue immoral ends. No, God broke my heart over the undeniable truth that as an investor, I was profiting from the sale of abortion drugs.
Is biblically responsible investing hypocritical?
Is it hypocrisy to own an iPhone and exclude AAPL from my portfolio? To drink Starbucks coffee, but avoid buying SBUX? To keep TGT out of my portfolio but buy clothes for my five kids at Target stores? I do not want to be a hypocrite, so this is an important question to answer.
Should Christian investors risk lower returns to invest biblically?
The biblically responsible investing (BRI) movement is booming as Christian investors move billions of dollars each year to switch their portfolios into biblically responsible investments, seeking to avoid profiting from abortion drug manufacturers, adult entertainment distributors, LGBT activism, human trafficking and other immoral issues.
Investing with Christian freedom: Do Christians have to screen their investments?
The natural assumption is that if the Bible does not say that you have to screen your investments, then you should not screen your investments. But is that actually a biblical assumption?
Jeff Bezos, Amazon are taking notice of faith-based investors
It seems that the mounting pressure from Christian shareholders, customers and now Congress is having an effect on Amazon.com.
Companies can't ignore faith-based investors any longer
Faith-based investing has long been a sort of odd side-show to the secular investing industry, but that is quickly changing.
Amazon.com board recommends vote against viewpoint diversity
In its recently released Notice of 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders & Proxy Statement, the Board of Amazon.com ...