Jill Stein: Smear Attack Victim Or Hypocrite?
- 5 years ago
Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein is defending her investment choices after what she called a “smear attack” in a published report.
The Daily Beast wrote a piece about Stein’s investments, saying “she is heavily invested in the very industries that she maligns the most and as a result of her investments, she has built significant wealth.” The piece noted that Stein’s campaign has called for “the death penalty” for energy giant Exxon Mobil XOM, -0.42% — and that she has invested in funds like the Vanguard 500 VFINX, -0.68% which has Exxon Mobil among its holdings.
In a comment prior to the article’s publication and a separate comment after it came out, Stein underscored that her investments are largely in index funds or mutual funds — in which she has no control in management decisions. (The Vanguard 500 is one of those index funds; the company bills it as “a low cost way to gain diversified exposure to the U.S. equity market.”)
Full story: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/green-partys-jill-stein-defends-big-oil-fund-investments-after-smear-attack-2016-10-28
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The Daily Beast wrote a piece about Stein’s investments, saying “she is heavily invested in the very industries that she maligns the most and as a result of her investments, she has built significant wealth.” The piece noted that Stein’s campaign has called for “the death penalty” for energy giant Exxon Mobil XOM, -0.42% — and that she has invested in funds like the Vanguard 500 VFINX, -0.68% which has Exxon Mobil among its holdings.
In a comment prior to the article’s publication and a separate comment after it came out, Stein underscored that her investments are largely in index funds or mutual funds — in which she has no control in management decisions. (The Vanguard 500 is one of those index funds; the company bills it as “a low cost way to gain diversified exposure to the U.S. equity market.”)
Full story: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/green-partys-jill-stein-defends-big-oil-fund-investments-after-smear-attack-2016-10-28
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