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The millions of new players who started gaming during the pandemic, along with the console launches from <b>Sony</b>&nbsp;and <b>Microsoft</b>, are catalysts for the big game companies to sell more content into a wider installed base.</p>\n<p><b>Activision Blizzard</b> (NASDAQ:ATVI) and <b>Take-<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/TWOA.U\">Two</a> Interactive</b>&nbsp;(NASDAQ:TTWO) are two market leaders that operate some of the best-selling game franchises in the industry. Activision is known for <i>Call of Duty</i> and <i>World of Warcraft</i> and generates over $8 billion a year in bookings (a non-GAAP measure of revenue).&nbsp;Take-<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/TWOA\">Two</a>'s <i>Grand Theft Auto V</i> has sold a staggering 145 million copies,&nbsp;which has pushed the company's bookings to over $3 billion.</p>\n<p>I'll say up front that I believe Take-Two is well-positioned to deliver much better returns than Activision Blizzard over the next five years. Here's why.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/30e93ec376dbf9d2b1e80588b2008646\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"466\"><span>Image source: Getty Images.</span></p>\n<h2>The margin gap</h2>\n<p>Activision has many good qualities investors look for in an investment. It has eight franchises that have generated $1 billion in lifetime bookings.&nbsp;It has a large player base of over 400 million monthly active users,&nbsp;and management has a great record of allocating capital through acquisitions that create shareholder returns. Over the last year, the company generated a healthy free cash flow margin of 33% compared to revenue and paid $316 million in dividends to shareholders.</p>\n<p>While Take-Two is smaller and is more dependent on a few franchises, CEO Strauss Zelnick, who took over in 2011,&nbsp;is gradually turning Take-Two into a bigger and more profitable leader in the industry. 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Take-Two's fiscal year ends in March.</p>\n<p>Take-Two's EPS is expected to decline this year due to the investments in marketing, personnel, and IT that management is spending to launch the new game pipeline over the next few years.&nbsp;It's&nbsp;hiring more game developers ahead of its deepest upcoming release slate in history, with a grand total of 62 releases across existing and new titles.</p>\n<p>Beyond the near term, the continued decline in distribution costs for games remains a catalyst to grow profits for both companies. Still, analysts expect Take-Two to expand its margin by a greater amount, which could lead to better returns for investors.</p>\n<h2>Take-Two stock is cheaper with more upside</h2>\n<p>Activision should remain a good long-term investment. 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The millions of new players who started gaming during the pandemic, along with the console launches ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/06/26/better-buy-activision-blizzard-vs-take-two/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"ATVI":"动视暴雪"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/06/26/better-buy-activision-blizzard-vs-take-two/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2146000990","content_text":"The growth of interactive entertainment is an attractive area to look for long-term investments. The millions of new players who started gaming during the pandemic, along with the console launches from Sony and Microsoft, are catalysts for the big game companies to sell more content into a wider installed base.\nActivision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) and Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ:TTWO) are two market leaders that operate some of the best-selling game franchises in the industry. Activision is known for Call of Duty and World of Warcraft and generates over $8 billion a year in bookings (a non-GAAP measure of revenue). Take-Two's Grand Theft Auto V has sold a staggering 145 million copies, which has pushed the company's bookings to over $3 billion.\nI'll say up front that I believe Take-Two is well-positioned to deliver much better returns than Activision Blizzard over the next five years. Here's why.\nImage source: Getty Images.\nThe margin gap\nActivision has many good qualities investors look for in an investment. It has eight franchises that have generated $1 billion in lifetime bookings. It has a large player base of over 400 million monthly active users, and management has a great record of allocating capital through acquisitions that create shareholder returns. Over the last year, the company generated a healthy free cash flow margin of 33% compared to revenue and paid $316 million in dividends to shareholders.\nWhile Take-Two is smaller and is more dependent on a few franchises, CEO Strauss Zelnick, who took over in 2011, is gradually turning Take-Two into a bigger and more profitable leader in the industry. Since Grand Theft Auto V launched in 2013, Take-Two's free cash flow has increased by 347% to $843 million. The digital distribution of games has brought more-consistent profits for management to reinvest in expanding its game library, with the long-term goal to build greater scale, reach more players, and improve operating margin.\nCompared to Activision's stellar operating margin of 35.2%, Take-Two's operating margin is currently at 18.7% on a trailing-12-month basis, but that's exactly why Take-Two offers more upside to investors. It has made major strides to squeeze more profits out of its business, and its operating margin is still trending up.\nATVI operating margin (TTM) data by YCharts. TTM = trailing 12 months.\nIf Take-Two's operating margin improves to over 20%, it will drive much faster growth in earnings per share and fuel a rising share price.\nHere are the consensus analyst estimates for Activision's adjusted operating margin and EPS growth through 2023.\n\n\n\nMetric\n2021\n2022\n2023\n\n\nAdjusted operating margin\n42.8%\n44.1%\n45%\n\n\nAdjusted EPS\n8.4%\n18%\n4.6%\n\n\n\nData source: Atom Finance.\nHere are the same estimates for Take-Two.\n\n\n\nMetric\nFiscal 2022\nFiscal 2023\nFiscal 2024\n\n\nAdjusted operating margin\n19%\n23.2%\n24.6%\n\n\nAdjusted EPS (loss)\n(28.5%)\n49.9%\n30.8%\n\n\n\nData source: Atom Finance. Take-Two's fiscal year ends in March.\nTake-Two's EPS is expected to decline this year due to the investments in marketing, personnel, and IT that management is spending to launch the new game pipeline over the next few years. It's hiring more game developers ahead of its deepest upcoming release slate in history, with a grand total of 62 releases across existing and new titles.\nBeyond the near term, the continued decline in distribution costs for games remains a catalyst to grow profits for both companies. Still, analysts expect Take-Two to expand its margin by a greater amount, which could lead to better returns for investors.\nTake-Two stock is cheaper with more upside\nActivision should remain a good long-term investment. Management believes it can reach 1 billion monthly active users, as the company expands its mobile game business. But investors are paying a higher price for Activision's greater game diversity, and perceived lower business risk.\nActivision stock trades at a price-to-sales ratio of 8.5, which is much higher than Take-Two's sales multiple of 6. But as Take-Two expands its game catalog, this relatively lower sales multiple won't be justified.\nTake-Two's Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 have sold a combined 182 million copies, establishing a large player base to build on with future releases. Take-Two has almost endless opportunities with these top franchises to grow higher-margin digital sales with more expansion updates.\nBecause of its higher ceiling for margin expansion and earnings growth, I would buy Take-Two over Activision right now.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":303,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":128255526,"gmtCreate":1624520648365,"gmtModify":1703839165313,"author":{"id":"3581655738363110","authorId":"3581655738363110","name":"cat96","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581655738363110","authorIdStr":"3581655738363110"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Up","listText":"Up","text":"Up","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/128255526","repostId":"1129922076","repostType":4,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":251,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":123713077,"gmtCreate":1624438658699,"gmtModify":1703836697283,"author":{"id":"3581655738363110","authorId":"3581655738363110","name":"cat96","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581655738363110","authorIdStr":"3581655738363110"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Jj","listText":"Jj","text":"Jj","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/123713077","repostId":"1199540442","repostType":4,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":338,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":160034582,"gmtCreate":1623766171446,"gmtModify":1703818740975,"author":{"id":"3581655738363110","authorId":"3581655738363110","name":"cat96","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581655738363110","authorIdStr":"3581655738363110"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Gogogogooggoo","listText":"Gogogogooggoo","text":"Gogogogooggoo","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/160034582","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":132,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"hots":[{"id":124517870,"gmtCreate":1624772324990,"gmtModify":1703844926456,"author":{"id":"3581655738363110","authorId":"3581655738363110","name":"cat96","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581655738363110","authorIdStr":"3581655738363110"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Kjk","listText":"Kjk","text":"Kjk","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":4,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/124517870","repostId":"2146000990","repostType":4,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":303,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":128255526,"gmtCreate":1624520648365,"gmtModify":1703839165313,"author":{"id":"3581655738363110","authorId":"3581655738363110","name":"cat96","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581655738363110","authorIdStr":"3581655738363110"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Up","listText":"Up","text":"Up","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/128255526","repostId":"1129922076","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1129922076","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1624518429,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1129922076?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-06-24 15:07","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Microsoft Tops $2 Trillion Market Cap: Where to From Here?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1129922076","media":"The Street","summary":"Microsoft recently hit new all-time highs and eclipsed the $2 trillion valuation mark. Where can it ","content":"<blockquote>\n <b>Microsoft recently hit new all-time highs and eclipsed the $2 trillion valuation mark. Where can it go from here?</b>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Microsoft&nbsp;(<b>MSFT</b>) -Get Report&nbsp;topped a $2 trillion market cap&nbsp;on Tuesday, joining Apple&nbsp;(<b>AAPL</b>) -Get Report&nbsp;as the other U.S. company to hold such a value.</p>\n<p>Even though it’s trading better lately, Apple has been consolidating for the better part ofthree calendar quarters now, while Microsoft has slowly but surely continued to grind to new highs.</p>\n<p>That’s been a divide in FAANG over the last six months or so.</p>\n<p>Some FAANG components have been trading well, hitting new all-time highs in the process. On the flip side, others, like Apple and Amazon&nbsp;(<b>AMZN</b>) -Get Report&nbsp;havebeen biding their time.</p>\n<p>While Microsoft may not be included in FAANG, it might as well be given its size. The question now: Where does it go from here?</p>\n<p>After hitting its $2 trillion market cap, Microsoft received aprice target boost to $325from Wedbush analysts.</p>\n<p>The company has its Windows event coming up on Thursday and earnings in about a month. Those may be potential catalysts. With that, let’s look at the charts.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/89280ddeb0913bb4d7ebf1f51bfd437a\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"429\"></p>\n<p><i>Daily chart of Microsoft stock.&nbsp;</i><i>Chart courtesy of TrendSpider.com</i></p>\n<p>I love the way Microsoft has been trading. All year long, we’ve seen these big rallies gently top out, then give us a sharp yet mild correction into support.</p>\n<p>Those support levels have varied throughout 2021, but have generally been a combination of the 50-day and 21-week moving averages.</p>\n<p>Most recently in May and June, the 21-week moving average was strong support, generating significant rebounds on three different occasions. The last bounce was enough to propel Microsoft to new all-time highs.</p>\n<p>That’s after the stock cleared $263.19. From here, I would love to see Microsoft find support between $260 and $263.20, as well as from the 10-day moving average. If it does find these areas as support, dips to these measures could be short-term buying opportunities.</p>\n<p>A break of these measures could put the 21-day moving average in play, followed by the 50-day.</p>\n<p>Perhaps the company’s Windows event won’t be enough of a catalyst (given the leaks), but we could get a pre-earnings rally up to more news highs. For longer-term targets, I have my eye on the $278 to $285 range, which is where several key extensions come into play.</p>","source":"lsy1610613172068","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Microsoft Tops $2 Trillion Market Cap: Where to From Here?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nMicrosoft Tops $2 Trillion Market Cap: Where to From Here?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-06-24 15:07 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.thestreet.com/investing/microsoft-msft-stock-trading-2-million-market-cap><strong>The Street</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Microsoft recently hit new all-time highs and eclipsed the $2 trillion valuation mark. Where can it go from here?\n\nMicrosoft (MSFT) -Get Report topped a $2 trillion market cap on Tuesday, joining ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.thestreet.com/investing/microsoft-msft-stock-trading-2-million-market-cap\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"MSFT":"微软"},"source_url":"https://www.thestreet.com/investing/microsoft-msft-stock-trading-2-million-market-cap","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1129922076","content_text":"Microsoft recently hit new all-time highs and eclipsed the $2 trillion valuation mark. Where can it go from here?\n\nMicrosoft (MSFT) -Get Report topped a $2 trillion market cap on Tuesday, joining Apple (AAPL) -Get Report as the other U.S. company to hold such a value.\nEven though it’s trading better lately, Apple has been consolidating for the better part ofthree calendar quarters now, while Microsoft has slowly but surely continued to grind to new highs.\nThat’s been a divide in FAANG over the last six months or so.\nSome FAANG components have been trading well, hitting new all-time highs in the process. On the flip side, others, like Apple and Amazon (AMZN) -Get Report havebeen biding their time.\nWhile Microsoft may not be included in FAANG, it might as well be given its size. The question now: Where does it go from here?\nAfter hitting its $2 trillion market cap, Microsoft received aprice target boost to $325from Wedbush analysts.\nThe company has its Windows event coming up on Thursday and earnings in about a month. Those may be potential catalysts. With that, let’s look at the charts.\n\nDaily chart of Microsoft stock. Chart courtesy of TrendSpider.com\nI love the way Microsoft has been trading. All year long, we’ve seen these big rallies gently top out, then give us a sharp yet mild correction into support.\nThose support levels have varied throughout 2021, but have generally been a combination of the 50-day and 21-week moving averages.\nMost recently in May and June, the 21-week moving average was strong support, generating significant rebounds on three different occasions. The last bounce was enough to propel Microsoft to new all-time highs.\nThat’s after the stock cleared $263.19. From here, I would love to see Microsoft find support between $260 and $263.20, as well as from the 10-day moving average. If it does find these areas as support, dips to these measures could be short-term buying opportunities.\nA break of these measures could put the 21-day moving average in play, followed by the 50-day.\nPerhaps the company’s Windows event won’t be enough of a catalyst (given the leaks), but we could get a pre-earnings rally up to more news highs. For longer-term targets, I have my eye on the $278 to $285 range, which is where several key extensions come into play.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":251,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":123713077,"gmtCreate":1624438658699,"gmtModify":1703836697283,"author":{"id":"3581655738363110","authorId":"3581655738363110","name":"cat96","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581655738363110","authorIdStr":"3581655738363110"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Jj","listText":"Jj","text":"Jj","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/123713077","repostId":"1199540442","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1199540442","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1624436607,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1199540442?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-06-23 16:23","market":"us","language":"en","title":"What Does The Future Of Investing Look Like?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1199540442","media":"Investing","summary":"A trend has the investment community buzzing with excitement, with talk about it reimagining how inv","content":"<p>A trend has the investment community buzzing with excitement, with talk about it reimagining how investors evaluate positions: ESG—Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance.</p>\n<p>But what is ESG? Is it a marketing gimmick, or a fundamentally based investment strategy?</p>\n<p>Moreover, is ESG something that an average investor should take notice of and incorporate into their portfolios for the long term?</p>\n<p>Let's take a look at the development of ESG, its current outlook, including the challenges it must overcome and the potential opportunities it presents.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b062b228d872487fb8094c2927dcd609\" tg-width=\"540\" tg-height=\"277\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\">3 Components Of ESG</p>\n<p><i>Source:Invesco.</i></p>\n<p>Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance is often used as a catch-all term for sustainable investing (see above graphic). ESG takes these three factors and incorporates them into asset evaluations.</p>\n<p>Specifically, ESG uses these factors to better identify risks and opportunities of assets that may be disregarded by traditional valuation metrics and processes.</p>\n<p>The Environmental portion of ESG gauges an asset’s impact on the environment. This can include concerns about carbon emissions produced, water or waste management practices, impact on deforestation or biodiversity, energy efficiency, to name just a few.</p>\n<p>The Social portion of ESG evaluates an asset’s business relationships. This can include diversity (such as gender and ethnicity), animal welfare practices, consumer protection practices, labor standards, data protection standards, respecting religious beliefs, employee health standards, and impact on local communities, among other concerns.</p>\n<p>The Governance portion of ESG explores how a company is run. This can include considerations such as business ethics, anti-competitive behavior, corruption, tax evasion, management structure, executive compensation, employee compensation, lobbying practices, and transparency to stakeholders.</p>\n<p>After understanding what ESG takes into account one might be left wondering: which factor (Environmental, Social, or Governance) is most important? To this question, there is no easy answer for a variety of reasons.</p>\n<p>Firstly, when evaluating each factor (Environmental, Social, or Governance) there is a high level of subjectivity. For example: when evaluating a company’s environmental impact one fund manager may focus solely on carbon emissions, while another may focus instead on water use, waste disposal practices, impact on deforestation, and more.</p>\n<p>Depending on what one investor (or manager) believes should be taken into account for each ESG factor will change how companies are evaluated.</p>\n<p>Secondly, even if all ESG investors agreed on what concerns should make up each ESG factor, there would still be wide disagreement regarding which concerns should take precedence.</p>\n<p>Suppose for ESG’s Social factor all investors agreed that companies should be evaluated on diversity, labor standards, and animal welfare practices. Leaving aside the fact that there are many ways to evaluate a company’s diversity, labor standards, and animal welfare practices, should each of these concerns be given a 1/3 weight? Or are they important to varying degrees?</p>\n<p>These questions can only be answered by an individual depending on their own preferences.</p>\n<p>Thirdly, each investor (or manager) must decide how important Environmental, Social, and Governance factors are in relation to one another. Perhaps the three categories each carry equal weight. Or perhaps one is most important, diminishing the impact of the other factors.</p>\n<p>No matter what, there is no simple solution to each one of these three dilemmas.</p>\n<p>As exhibited in the above paragraph, ESG is an inherently subjective, and thus qualitative, strategy. This can be well illustrated by the fact that there is no standardized methodology for evaluating ESG metrics of companies.</p>\n<p>Proponents of ESG will (correctly) point out that steps have been made to better formalize processes for evaluating ESG standards. However, much work still needs to be done in this area to truly allow ESG to become mainstream.</p>\n<p>ESG is not simply an attempt to “do good” while investing. It is a strategy designed to outperform the market. An ESG strategy believes that the environmental impact, social practices, and governance of a company will actually have major impacts on the performance of a company long term.</p>\n<p>So, ESG ties previously assumed nonfinancial concerns with the valuation of a company. ESG is often mistaken for other investment philosophies such as Socially Responsible Investing (SRI). The major difference between ESG and SRI is that SRI simply eliminates companies that do not align with a certain set of values (such as avoiding owningoiland tobacco companies due to ethical concerns).</p>\n<p>On the other hand, ESG attempts to identify opportunities presented by a company’s environmental, social, and governance practices (missed by traditional valuation metrics) which provide value to investors and avoid companies that pose large risks (in other words ESG does not merely support a certain set of values).</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/bde203567e4fe3beb4aa4ca94000a86e\" tg-width=\"936\" tg-height=\"754\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\">Sustainable Investing in the U.S. Over Time</p>\n<p><i>Source:U.S. SIF Foundation</i></p>\n<p>ESG’s credibility has been bolstered by massive inflows into funds focused on ESG strategies. Funds that use ESG methodologies hold one-third of all assets under management in America, or about$17 Trillion(see above graphic). Globally, this figure is much greater, at about$37.8 Trillion.</p>\n<p>ESG funds globally are expected to continue to grow to about $53 Trillion by 2025, following historical 15% growth rates. The impressive performance of ESG also adds to its notoriety.</p>\n<p>From the period March 2020-March 2021,73% of ESG fundshave outperformed theS&amp;P 500, many by substantial margins. This is in large part due to ESG funds’ significant holdings oftechnologystocks that have seen large rises due to COVID.</p>\n<p>In many ways, ESG funds often resemble quality factor funds. More broadly, the largest ESG ETF, iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU), which has nearly $18 Billion in assets under management, has outperformed the S&amp;P 500 over a 3 year period, offering a 19.1% annualized return, compared to the S&amp;P 500’s roughly 18% annualized return.</p>\n<p>Whether or not this outperformance will continue, though, is anyone’s guess.</p>\n<p>Empowering investors to invest while honoring their values without sacrificing returns is what ESG is all about. It has taken off in recent years and seems destined only to gain more and more widespread adoption.</p>\n<p>ESG faces many challenges and skeptics. To successfully take on these impediments, ESG methodology standards must become more transparent and formalized. After all, the whole point of ESG investing is to allow investors to control where their money goes, and guide it to companies that provide unique opportunities and align with ESG values.</p>\n<p>Funds that bill themselves as ESG friendly must be able to ensure that the companies they invest in truly uphold the values they profess. I expect the ESG revolution to accelerate to even greater heights over the coming years.</p>\n<p>The future will be a more green, equitable, and transparent one, and ESG is simply allowing investors to embrace this reality.</p>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>What Does The Future Of Investing Look Like?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nWhat Does The Future Of Investing Look Like?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-06-23 16:23 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.investing.com/analysis/what-does-the-future-of-investing-look-like-200587721><strong>Investing</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>A trend has the investment community buzzing with excitement, with talk about it reimagining how investors evaluate positions: ESG—Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance.\nBut what is ESG? Is ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investing.com/analysis/what-does-the-future-of-investing-look-like-200587721\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{".DJI":"道琼斯",".SPX":"S&P 500 Index",".IXIC":"NASDAQ Composite","SPY":"标普500ETF"},"source_url":"https://www.investing.com/analysis/what-does-the-future-of-investing-look-like-200587721","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1199540442","content_text":"A trend has the investment community buzzing with excitement, with talk about it reimagining how investors evaluate positions: ESG—Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance.\nBut what is ESG? Is it a marketing gimmick, or a fundamentally based investment strategy?\nMoreover, is ESG something that an average investor should take notice of and incorporate into their portfolios for the long term?\nLet's take a look at the development of ESG, its current outlook, including the challenges it must overcome and the potential opportunities it presents.\n3 Components Of ESG\nSource:Invesco.\nEnvironmental, Social, and Corporate Governance is often used as a catch-all term for sustainable investing (see above graphic). ESG takes these three factors and incorporates them into asset evaluations.\nSpecifically, ESG uses these factors to better identify risks and opportunities of assets that may be disregarded by traditional valuation metrics and processes.\nThe Environmental portion of ESG gauges an asset’s impact on the environment. This can include concerns about carbon emissions produced, water or waste management practices, impact on deforestation or biodiversity, energy efficiency, to name just a few.\nThe Social portion of ESG evaluates an asset’s business relationships. This can include diversity (such as gender and ethnicity), animal welfare practices, consumer protection practices, labor standards, data protection standards, respecting religious beliefs, employee health standards, and impact on local communities, among other concerns.\nThe Governance portion of ESG explores how a company is run. This can include considerations such as business ethics, anti-competitive behavior, corruption, tax evasion, management structure, executive compensation, employee compensation, lobbying practices, and transparency to stakeholders.\nAfter understanding what ESG takes into account one might be left wondering: which factor (Environmental, Social, or Governance) is most important? To this question, there is no easy answer for a variety of reasons.\nFirstly, when evaluating each factor (Environmental, Social, or Governance) there is a high level of subjectivity. For example: when evaluating a company’s environmental impact one fund manager may focus solely on carbon emissions, while another may focus instead on water use, waste disposal practices, impact on deforestation, and more.\nDepending on what one investor (or manager) believes should be taken into account for each ESG factor will change how companies are evaluated.\nSecondly, even if all ESG investors agreed on what concerns should make up each ESG factor, there would still be wide disagreement regarding which concerns should take precedence.\nSuppose for ESG’s Social factor all investors agreed that companies should be evaluated on diversity, labor standards, and animal welfare practices. Leaving aside the fact that there are many ways to evaluate a company’s diversity, labor standards, and animal welfare practices, should each of these concerns be given a 1/3 weight? Or are they important to varying degrees?\nThese questions can only be answered by an individual depending on their own preferences.\nThirdly, each investor (or manager) must decide how important Environmental, Social, and Governance factors are in relation to one another. Perhaps the three categories each carry equal weight. Or perhaps one is most important, diminishing the impact of the other factors.\nNo matter what, there is no simple solution to each one of these three dilemmas.\nAs exhibited in the above paragraph, ESG is an inherently subjective, and thus qualitative, strategy. This can be well illustrated by the fact that there is no standardized methodology for evaluating ESG metrics of companies.\nProponents of ESG will (correctly) point out that steps have been made to better formalize processes for evaluating ESG standards. However, much work still needs to be done in this area to truly allow ESG to become mainstream.\nESG is not simply an attempt to “do good” while investing. It is a strategy designed to outperform the market. An ESG strategy believes that the environmental impact, social practices, and governance of a company will actually have major impacts on the performance of a company long term.\nSo, ESG ties previously assumed nonfinancial concerns with the valuation of a company. ESG is often mistaken for other investment philosophies such as Socially Responsible Investing (SRI). The major difference between ESG and SRI is that SRI simply eliminates companies that do not align with a certain set of values (such as avoiding owningoiland tobacco companies due to ethical concerns).\nOn the other hand, ESG attempts to identify opportunities presented by a company’s environmental, social, and governance practices (missed by traditional valuation metrics) which provide value to investors and avoid companies that pose large risks (in other words ESG does not merely support a certain set of values).\nSustainable Investing in the U.S. Over Time\nSource:U.S. SIF Foundation\nESG’s credibility has been bolstered by massive inflows into funds focused on ESG strategies. Funds that use ESG methodologies hold one-third of all assets under management in America, or about$17 Trillion(see above graphic). Globally, this figure is much greater, at about$37.8 Trillion.\nESG funds globally are expected to continue to grow to about $53 Trillion by 2025, following historical 15% growth rates. The impressive performance of ESG also adds to its notoriety.\nFrom the period March 2020-March 2021,73% of ESG fundshave outperformed theS&P 500, many by substantial margins. This is in large part due to ESG funds’ significant holdings oftechnologystocks that have seen large rises due to COVID.\nIn many ways, ESG funds often resemble quality factor funds. More broadly, the largest ESG ETF, iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:ESGU), which has nearly $18 Billion in assets under management, has outperformed the S&P 500 over a 3 year period, offering a 19.1% annualized return, compared to the S&P 500’s roughly 18% annualized return.\nWhether or not this outperformance will continue, though, is anyone’s guess.\nEmpowering investors to invest while honoring their values without sacrificing returns is what ESG is all about. It has taken off in recent years and seems destined only to gain more and more widespread adoption.\nESG faces many challenges and skeptics. To successfully take on these impediments, ESG methodology standards must become more transparent and formalized. After all, the whole point of ESG investing is to allow investors to control where their money goes, and guide it to companies that provide unique opportunities and align with ESG values.\nFunds that bill themselves as ESG friendly must be able to ensure that the companies they invest in truly uphold the values they profess. I expect the ESG revolution to accelerate to even greater heights over the coming years.\nThe future will be a more green, equitable, and transparent one, and ESG is simply allowing investors to embrace this reality.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":338,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":160034582,"gmtCreate":1623766171446,"gmtModify":1703818740975,"author":{"id":"3581655738363110","authorId":"3581655738363110","name":"cat96","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581655738363110","authorIdStr":"3581655738363110"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Gogogogooggoo","listText":"Gogogogooggoo","text":"Gogogogooggoo","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/160034582","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":132,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"lives":[]}