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Ethical ETFs hang in there during market jitters

ESG ETFs tend to skew toward high-quality companies — and those stocks have started to trade at a premium

The moral high ground comes with sacrifice. That’s been the number one argument against environmental, social, and governance funds since they arrived on the scene in the 1970s.

Academic literature proving otherwise has since proliferated, and assets in ESG strategies have hit $12 tn, thanks, in part, to concern about Trump administration policies.

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