Financial planning is a broad subject that requires an integrating overview. The Model for
Financial Planning incorporates the time and the expected nature of financial events. The …

Financial advisors often recommend that investors diversify their investments internationally
and also use mutual funds with the lowest expenses. Recently it has been possible to use …

In this article, the authors compare the returns of a portfolio composed of socially responsible
companies with those of a portfolio composed of companies without that distinction. They …

This study examines research on socially responsible investing mutual funds that includes
definitions, strategies, and performance as a background for understanding the concept and …

In this study, we provide an examination of the literature on the variables that have influenced
prior faculty decisions to retire. This provides a background on which to analysis current …

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The authors analyze the January effect in fixed-income securities using stochastic dominance
analysis. They define the January effect as the superior return performance observed in …

The purpose of this paper is to generate evidence to support or refute one or both of the
previously mentioned claims. The objective is accomplished by exploring the movements of junk …

After more than a decade of studying the benefits of socially responsible investing (SRI) or
ethical investing (EI), some uncertainty of the financial viability of the practice still exists. 2 SRI …

Many empirical studies have found excess returns on the stocks of small firms. This" small
firm effect" may cause individual investors to choose to diversify into smaller firms when they …