The Gates Foundation announced this week that it was committing $2.5 billion through 2030 to accelerate research and development focused exclusively on women’s health. It will support the advancement of more than 40 innovations in five critical, chronically underfunded areas — particularly...

In the latest episode of Dollars & Change: The Expert’s Guide to Sustainable & Responsible Investing, host duties were reversed as Terra McBride, Chief Marketing Officer at Prime Capital Financial (PCF), the parent company of Earth Equity Advisors, interviewed me during PCF’s Prime Week. Terra...

More than half of all Americans, 53%, say the cost of groceries is a major source of stress in their lives today and another 33% say they feel at least minor stress over rising food prices, according to a  poll out this...

I was recently sent an article by a co-worker discussing how circularity is becoming an essential business strategy. My first thought: What is that? My second thought: If it has to do with fashion, count me in. So, after some needed research,...

The cost of high-end, breakthrough medications traumatizes patients and their families. According to USAfacts, “national spending on personal health care has increased 1,629% since 1980 — more than $3 trillion.” Medicaid, Medicare and private health insurance bare much of the cost, but...

Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble said Friday that it was upping its goals on to tame greenhouse gas emissions, aiming to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions 65% by 2030 compared to a 2010 baseline, an increase from its previous goal...

Americans overall spend nearly 4 hours a day thinking about money, with Gen Z and Millennials pondering their financial situation almost 5 hours out of every 24, according to survey results released this week from financial services firm Empower. More than half...

In the prevailing uncertain macro environment, income investors face the familiar yet increasingly difficult question of whether to favor high-yield dividend stocks for current cash flow or to prefer dividend growers with lower yield but greater compounding potential. The answer is not...

How ecological overspending exposes hidden risks — and creates new opportunities — for portfolio construction This story first appeared on the Substack blog SRI-ously Speaking July 24, 2025: Remember this date. Because next year will be measuring against it as 2025’s official "Earth...

Equities.com has been paid a promotional fee to host this content No matter how well we plan our finances, unexpected medical expenses can deliver an almighty blow. Whether you or a family member is facing unexpected surgery or a long-term illness, things...