Tradestreaming Cascade: The news you need to know (week of October 2, 2011)

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A better solution to socially responsible investing (Larry Swedroe)
A recent study shows that there is a price to pay for socially responsible investing: namely, raising the cost of capital for sin stocks.  That said, Swedroe recommends avoiding SRI and donating the difference in returns to an investor’s favorite charity.

New jobs package should open up crowdfunding (Amy Cortese/NYT)
A friend of Tradestreaming, Amy Cortese penned a New York Times editorial describing some of the changes tabled in the Obama administration’s new jobs package.  This one — with rare bipartisan support — may change the way small businesses raise capital and how investors can tap these new sources of returns.

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