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What happened in financial markets in 2023 and how we see 2024?

The US presidential election is less than a year away. On November 5, 2024 voters will either reelect a Democratic president or switch to a Republican. As odd as this may seem, America’s presidency has been governed by only two parties for over 150 years. As the world’s largest economy and stock market, it’s worth analyzing how US elections have historically affected the country’s stock market.

Main product updates from Septmember 2023

All the info about S&P 500 Planet Friendly option. You can now invest in S&P 500 companies

Earth Overshoot Day is the day on which our resource consumption exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources in a given year.

Many entertaining movies about Wall Street have been produced. We give you our TOP 10 favorite financial movies! Have you seen all of those?

All you need to know about ETFs. The meaning of an ETF up to the logic behind choosing them.

Making gifts is a lovely tradition. Once you start receiving the gifts you don’t like, need or want. Or even worse - making the gift that gives the receiver the same emotions.

We’ll help you better understand the meaning and mechanics of the green bond market. What are green bonds - let’s have a look!

The purpose of this day is to give our planet a break from fossil fuels and what they release into the air, at least for one day, every year.

We were recently interviewed in Germany and thought we’d share this content in English too. This Q&A is a good representation of Grünfin’s values and approach.

We will explain the impact of your Grünfin health portfolio with examples. See the change you are creating!

We will explain the impact of your Grünfin gender equality portfolio with examples. See the change you are creating!

We will explain the impact of your Grünfin climate portfolio with examples. See the change you are creating!

Vestas is a company in your climate portfolio. We are excited to share this news and shine light on your portfolio with a project so close to home.

Shareholder activism (also called activist investor) is when an investor attempts to bring about change in a publicly-traded company. See what have we done at Grünfin.

We give you our thoughts on impact investing, sustainable investing, esg investing, green investing. For us they all pretty much mean the same thing - see why!

We give you the pros, cons, and data for short- and long-term investment strategies. Know your risks and choose the strategy that works for you!

Portfolio diversification means spreading an investment over several companies in different sectors. This increases your chance of profits and reduces the risk very effectively.

Inflation means that prices rise. You get less for the same money. We show you simple ways to counter inflation.

Jürgen Valter is the lawyer at Grünfin. Get to know him a bit better in this article.

It’s been a difficult year for markets and a good reminder of why diversifying across many stocks is so important when building a portfolio. We share with you sound bites on our portfolio philosophy.

Our financial decisions do not just affect profits or losses - they also affect the world around us. That’s why we are on a mission to make sustainable investing easy and accessible so that everyone can invest based on their values.

To celebrate the beginning of May, we’ll give you a 20€ seedling for your sustainable portfolio.

Today is Earth Day and this year’s theme is “Invest in Our Planet”. So, why not start investing into a more sustainable future now?

Alejandro Jimenez is the portfolio manager at Grünfin. He looks back on many years in the investment industry, which clearly makes him a trustworthy expert for your portfolio.

Grünfin will be at the online event Unicorn59 on April 20th to pitch our vision.

Markets can quickly move up but also down but long term investing is one of the best strategies for investors. Let’s see data.

Have you ever wondered what a bond is? Then, read on. We broke it down for you to broaden your knowledge.

We have joined forces with ShareAction. They will enable us to engage with and collectively back calls on companies to act on climate change, workforce conditions and public health.

We’re launching Grünfin in Germany, the EU’s largest market for sustainable products and home to Europe’s most environmentally-conscious consumers.

After speaking with many of our customers in the past weeks, we’d like to share our views on the short and long term effects of the events unfolding.

Let us unpack the reasons for why we think women are not just better investors in terms of performance, but also their positive impact on the world.

Join our “no-stuff gift tradition” and give your loved ones or yourself a sustainable investment portfolio as a Valentine’s gift.

Sustainable investing has a big impact on the environment and society. But what does that impact look like? We give you some actual examples.

The Estonian Financial Supervision Authority approved Grünfin’s application to expand our services in the European Economic Area. Now we can embark on an even more exciting journey off to new countries, make values-based investing mainstream and contribute to a more sustainable world.

Here are six excellent options for non-stuff gifts – in case you’d like your holiday season to be more about family time and less about stuff.

What kind of impact can sustainable investing bring to the world and the environment? We take a look at the direct and indirect impacts of ESG investing.

We are excited to reveal that Grünfin was selected as the winner of the Innovation prize at the Baltic Sustainability Awards.

Grünfin is part of a new breed of green fintech companies that are driving capital towards positive impact.

The wait is over. Starting today, you can start investing towards impact with Grünfin.

SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation) is meant to help investors make sense of the impact of their investments on the planet. How does it work?

Triin Hertmann is the COO and co-founder of Grünfin. She’s also an active angel investor with an eye for fellow female founders.

Alvar Lumberg is CTO and co-founder of Grünfin, the sustainable investing platform. We talked about his lessons from Wise, investment principles and more.

Karin Nemec is the CEO and co-founder of Grünfin. Read about her journey from banking and discovering sustainable finance to founding Grünfin.

Have you ever wondered which world your savings bring about? Or what the impact of the companies you invest in is? Read about Grünfin’s investment principles.

In short, yes. A number of financial factors have made sustainable investing very attractive and increasingly popular in the recent decade. Let’s dive into why this is.