Biblically Responsible Investing

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In 2014, the University of Oxford reviewed 190 academic studies on the relationship between sustainability and firm performance finding:

80% of the studies suggested a positive relationship between good sustainability practices and stock performance.

88% indicated firms’ performance was improved by strong environmental, social and governance practices.

Performance Impact Study

A 2016 study by Shane Enete, Ph.D., CFA at Biola University’s Inspire Research Institute For Biblically Responsible Investing, has shown that applying certain biblical investment screening methodology to portfolio security selection generated outperformance in a portfolio when compared to broader, non-screened benchmarks. This finding adds new data to the debate of what effect biblically responsible investing (BRI) screening has on the performance of a portfolio. While screening a portfolio does not guarantee favorable returns, this study clearly shows that using biblically responsible investing does have the potential to provide outperformance when compared to a non-screened benchmark.

Sources: “Corporate sustainability and profitability are interrelated” - Oxford University, 2014 “Faith-based Investment and Sustainability” - Biola University 2016

Biola Study Results

“The results of the study found that the [biblical investing] methodology of security selection resulted in an annualized outperformance compared to the non-screened benchmark.”

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Historical performance results for investment indexes and/or categories, generally do not reflect the deduction of transaction and/or custodial charges or the deduction of an investment-management fee, the incurrence of which would have the effect of decreasing historical performance results. There are no assurances that an investor’s portfolio will match or outperform any particular benchmark. Asset allocation and diversification do not ensure or guarantee better performance and cannot eliminate the risk of investment losses.

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Biblically Responsible Investing

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