The Sustainable Economist Presents: Sustainable Investing 101
Date and time
Location
811 Charlotte St
E3B 5A3
Description
Tired of paying outrageous management fees?
Would you like your portfolio to reflect your personal values?
Canadians pays some of the highest Mutual Fund fees in the world. At the same time, most of us are investing in companies that are exploiting people and the environment.
The purpose of this seminar is to arm you with basic knowledge and understanding to start investing your own money online. It will empower you to lower your annual fees (saving you huge amounts of money over the long-term) and allow you to reflect your personal values into your portfolio.
Topics include:
-Introduction to stocks and bonds
-Why invest online?
-Socially Responsible and Green Investing
-Risk profiles
-RRSP vs TFSA
-Creating a self-directed account
About the Host
Timothy Nash is President of Strategic Sustainable Investments, and teaches economics at Sheridan College. As an expert on socially responsible investing, impact investing, and the green economy, he has been featured in The Globe & Mail, Advisor’s Edge Report, and Reuters, and has appeared on CBC’s The Lang & O’Leary Exchange. He earned a BA in Economics from Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada) and a Master's in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability from the Blekinge Institute of Technology (Karlskrona, Sweden).
Timothy is the lead researcher for Ethical Market’s Green Transition Scoreboard® research report, which details more than $4.1 trillion of private investments in the global green economy since 2007. He lives in Toronto, Canada and is often found cavorting about the Centre for Social Innovation.
