All Hands on deck for the ETF Portfolio course!

In investing, that “ship” is your portfolio, 

and the materials that build it are the exchange-traded funds (ETFs) you choose.

Throughout this course, we’ll work with ETFs because they are typically low-cost, diversified, transparent, and easy to rebalance across many types of investments. 

They give individual investors the same efficiency and global reach that professional money managers use.

 ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance: three lenses investors use to evaluate how companies behave beyond their financial results.

• Environmental: How a company manages its impact on nature : energy use, emissions, and resource efficiency.
• Social: How it treats people: employees, communities, and customers.
• Governance: How it’s led: board diversity, transparency, and ethics.

An ESG portfolio groups exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that emphasize these factors while still targeting traditional goals like growth and income.

Some investors choose ESG portfolios because they want their investments to reflect personal or institutional values. Others use them for risk management, believing that firms with strong ESG practices are more resilient over time.

ESG portfolios can perform similarly to traditional ones, though results vary by market and by the specific criteria each fund applies.

Later, we will show where ESG choices fit into your risk-return compass — and how to compare them to traditional portfolios.