Why Invest With Us? We want you to have the opportunity to invest your principles, without compromising your financial goals. Our objective is to find investable companies that balance the demands of all stakeholders: employees, customers, and shareholders, but also the wider community and the environment. At the same time, we strive to find investments that will be financially rewarding over the long term. It is our strong belief that these two goals are wholly compatible. In nearly forty years of socially responsible investing, our investment team has never felt disadvantaged in trying to satisfy both. Many investment managers have begun to spin off “socially responsible,” “impact” or “ESG” investment offerings. Unlike these firms, all we have ever offered is socially responsible investment. Our approach to investing today is consistent with the original approach employed by our founder. The research tools have evolved; our investment team has grown; but what we demand of our investments remains the same. An investment is an ownership stake. As such, it must offer the strong possibility of compelling financial returns over time, without sacrificing ethics or environment in the process. Prentiss Smith & Company by the Numbers Under Management 400M+ Assets in the care of Prentiss Smith & Company. Investment Clients 300+ Individual and institutional investors who have entrusted us to manage their money. Proxy votes 100+ Proxies voted in 2019 to advance the values of our clients. Green Bonds 10M+ Dollars invested in green bonds in just the past 5 years. SUBSCRIBE TO GET INSIGHTS FAQs Can socially responsible investments still perform? In our view, yes. We are always happy to discuss our own performance with you directly when you contact us. In the meantime, research such as this widely cited paper from Oxford University, which reviewed more than 200 sources and concluded that “80% of the reviewed studies demonstrate that prudent sustainability practices have a positive influence on investment performance,” suggest that using ESG criteria when making investment decisions can actually help improve a portfolio’s long-term performance by, among other factors, mitigating risk. Who can invest with Prentiss Smith & Company? Can Prentiss Smith & Company customize portfolios for individual clients? What kinds of investments does Prentiss Smith & Company hold? Can Prentiss Smith & Company make any guarantees about the performance of my investments? Is it possible to lose money while investing with Prentiss Smith & Company? Who can I talk to for more information? Our Stock Investment Theory Investment managers have long been split into different categories based on the size or location of the companies they invest in, or by a general application of the label “value” or “growth” investor. We have never adhered to a particular geography or size (aka market capitalization) within our investments, nor have we permanently committed to a style that would be called value or growth in its orientation. Rather, the approach we’ve had in place since 1982 relies on a series of investment factors we believe motivate different groups of investors, including those pursuing value, growth, and quality. This “factor investing” that is now en vogue has long been embedded within our research process. When the balance of factors leans positive relative to the share price of a company’s stock, we tend to find investment success. Making this determination requires increasingly large volumes of data, but ultimately it also requires good judgment. 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