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Jonathan Fell, Ash Park Capital - People Always Overestimate The Extent To Which Tobacco Is A Dying Business | #375

The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

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The Impact of Regulations on ESG Investing

The right way to approach ESG investing has got a long way to develop and arguably mature. I think society is much better off if those companies that are selling those products are public and accountable. If you don't invest into backup companies, it's not that you're putting them out of business, you're just making their share price lower. It actually pushes up returns. You're getting a higher dividend yield with no other implications for the future of the business. Blanket divestment to us. People feel better, but it doesn't achieve much. We much rather be responsible and engaged and trying to move businesses in the right direction.

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