Sin Stocks

Profit From Customer Loyalty With These 7 ‘Sin Stocks’ – NASDAQ.com – NASDAQ Profit From Customer Loyalty With These 7 ‘Sin Stocks‘ – NASDAQ.com NASDAQ So-called sin stocks capture the loyaltyfactor while adding an important layer of devotion: addiction. A beer lover with an affinity for Boston Beer Co.’s ( SAM ) Samuel Adams is [...]

Sometimes you get your stock info from the weirdest places. The other day I saw this tweet… Global Beer Brands Make Move to Myanmar adage.com/u/L4FO0b — Ad Age (@adage) May 13, 2013   The article is from AdAge, a magazine from the advertising industry. Although their focus is (obviously) not on stocks, there is a [...]

Betfair Group Beats Expectations – Motley Fool Betfair Group Beats Expectations Motley Fool I highlighted Betfair as a “sin stock” to watch back in September last year and, though I haven’t taken the plunge yet, if the company continues to churn out good results then it may well pique my interest sooner rather than later. [...]

With a homerun title like that, do I even need to write anything else? Okay, I will… so that future generations will know what the hell I was talking about, and to assure my mom that I’m not drunk right now. So, do you remember the story from earlier this year when Beam Inc (BEAM) [...]

Raise a Glass to These 3 Bulletproof Booze Players – Investorplace.com Investorplace.com Raise a Glass to These 3 Bulletproof Booze Players Investorplace.com Baseline demand: In tough times, “sin stocks” peddling beer and spirits do very well. After all, if you can’t afford a tropical vacation, the least you can do is pour yourself a drink [...]

Invest Like a Drunk: 5 Booze Stocks – CNBC.com CNBC.com Invest Like a Drunk: 5 Booze Stocks CNBC.com Acoholic beverage makers fall under the loose category of “sin stocks,” which are known for their defensive posture when times get tough. In other words, people drink when times are good and they drink when times are [...]

Councils are still investing in tobacco while fighting smoking addiction – Blue & Green Tomorrow Blue & Green Tomorrow Councils are still investing in tobacco while fighting smoking addiction Blue & Green Tomorrow In an interview for Blue & Green Tomorrow’s Guide to Sustainable Investment 2013, UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) chief executive [...]

Happy returns: It’s a sin how well this fund performs – InvestmentNews (registration) Happy returns: It’s a sin how well this fund performs InvestmentNews (registration) While socially conscious managers do their best to avoid the “sin” stocks of the world, he can’t get enough of them. As portfolio manager of the $131 million Vice Fund [...]

ShareAction mainstreams responsible investment – Top1000funds.com Top1000funds.com ShareAction mainstreams responsible investment Top1000funds.com The pressure group doesn’t advocate screening or excluding stocks. On one hand this model is outdated, focusing on so-called sin stocks such as tobacco and pornography rather than asking today’s questions around human rights and environmental issues. and more » Big Money Is Moving [...]

Why Altria Group Inc (MO) Should Spin-Off SABMiller Stake – Insider Monkey (blog)     Why Altria Group Inc (MO) Should Spin-Off SABMiller Stake Insider Monkey (blog) Shareholder value creation – Tobacco and alcohol stocks are well-known as “sin stocks,” but the regulatory environment and risks are vastly different. Whereas there seems to be little [...]

Smart investors do their due diligence before trading… And those who are investing in sin stocks need to ask additional, specific questions about the company and the industry and the sin they are investing in. This post is part of a periodic series on the due diligence questions that investors need to ask. “Attitudes could [...]

Betting on Vice Over Virtue in ETFs – Fox Business Betting on Vice Over Virtue in ETFs Fox Business Despite the mutual-fund industry’s overall exposure to some of these “sinful” stocks, exchange traded funds have yet to fully embrace the strategy. In fact, a sin ETF launched by FocusShares based on the ISE SINdex, an [...]

Booze? “Never drink the stuff” Smokes? “Well I shouldn’t” Gambling? “Not me!” We might tell people that we are fine upstanding citizens but let’s be honest… Deep inside our closets are a skeleton or three (right next to the casino winnings and the moonshine still and the smoking gun). While we might never admit to [...]