Perspectives Around Recent Market Volatility
What happened? Since the beginning of the year, the world’s major stock indices are down, and the United States indices in particular have suffered losses. From their early January highs, the All Country World index and the S&P 500 had fallen ~10%, while the Nasdaq composite had fallen ~15%, before…
OPINION: Revisiting Laudato Si’ & Fossil Fuel divestment five years later
Right now, people around the world are celebrating the fifth anniversary of the publication of "Laudato Si' Of The Holy Father Francis On Care For Our Common Home." Known simply as the Laudato Si, this groundbreaking, 180-page papal encyclical calls on us to act with urgency to stop the relentless…
China, the World, and the Coronavirus
Catholic Investment Services tends not to opine on current events owing to our efforts to remain focused on the long-term. In times like these, it seems more prudent to observe and reflect rather than to react or comment, particularly when there are so many unknowns and the situation is rapidly…