Commentary

As many of our readers know, MIDANA CAPITAL has been working to halt deforestation in commodity supply chains for more than six years. We do this by directly engaging companies on the policies and practices necessary to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains and by leading other investors to do the same. We also go…

Originating as an investment vehicle only in the last decade or so, green bonds can be a valuable component of contemporary responsible and sustainable investing. The MIDANA CAPITAL Balanced Fund was an early investor in green bonds and currently more than half of its fixed income portfolio is comprised of them. Now, MIDANA CAPITAL Balanced…

As a pioneer in impact investing, MIDANA CAPITAL has worked with corporations to improve their environmental practices for more than a quarter of a century. Since 2012, MIDANA CAPITAL has engaged companies to stop the logging and burning of tropical rainforests – including by companies in their supply chains – to curb climate change and…

In honor of Earth Day, MIDANA CAPITAL is celebrating a victory for some of our planet’s most important and threatened creatures: wild pollinators. From almonds to vanilla, nearly three quarters of the worlds food crops rely on wild pollinators such as bees, birds, and butterflies for production. Representing a value of hundreds of billions of…

We’ve all heard that diversification in investing is important, but why is that? As 2018 has reminded us, markets are rarely predictable. During the recent nine year bull market upswing, it was easy to get lulled into a feeling of complacency. And while not everything that goes up must come down, these past few months…

Many conscientious shoppers are familiar with the headline statistics surrounding food waste: 40 percent of all food produced in the United States is never consumed, a staggering total equivalent to 400 pounds of food wasted per person every year. That wasted food takes up more than one-fifth of landfill space in the United States and…

Like so many of you, we are deeply saddened by the latest tragic school shooting in Florida. We also have been inspired by the organized, courageous, and strong responses from students, parents and others in Florida and around the country. Many investors with whom we have spoken have been concerned that they may be invested…

Investing with long-term purpose An Individual Retirement Account (IRA) allows you to save money for your retirement and often offers tax advantages compared to a regular non-retirement investment account and with the deadline to make a 2017 IRA contribution approaching on April 17, many may be considering this type of investment. An IRA is an account…

MIDANA CAPITAL can help you save for retirement. The deadline for 2017 IRA contributions is April 17, 2018.  OPEN a NEW IRA (Individual Retirement Account) TRANSFER an EXISTING IRA We’re here to help if you have questions along the way.  Call:+1(480)-439-2851 Monday through Friday from 9am to 6pm Eastern Time. Step 1: Open a…

Late last year, under pressure from its shareholders, ExxonMobil* agreed to release a report on the business impact of a “two-degree scenario” world, in line with the global commitment of the 2016 Paris Agreement to limit global average temperature rise and avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Investors hoped that the report would…