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Tax Alert: Transfer of Clean Vehicle Tax Credits Starting in 2024

Federal tax credits may be available to help offset your cost to purchase certain clean vehicles (including electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles). Starting in 2024, you may be able to elect to transfer the new and previously owned clean vehicle tax credits to dealers who are eligible to receive advance payments of either credit. You will receive an immediate financial benefit from...

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Should You Buy an Expensive Home on Balboa Island or Near a Coastal Area?

Picture by: Steven Yamshon By:  Steven Yamshon, Ph.D., Managing Principal Balboa Island is a coastal community located in Newport Beach, California, that is popular among tourists, vacationers, and full-time residents. Prior to development in 1921, Balboa Island was a swamp with large wetlands being removed to make way for Newport Harbor. Developers dredged millions of tons of silt and...

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What are the Cost Implications and Investment Opportunities Associated with Climate Change?

By:  Steven L. Yamshon, Ph.D., Managing Principal Regardless, if global warming is caused by natural forces or by excess greenhouse gases, there is clear evidence that shows that global temperatures have been rising since 1850 (See Chart 1). Although climate change will cause many adverse effects on Earth, the impacts on real estate and agriculture could be most severe. Chart 1: Average...

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Can Metals Help to Mitigate Climate Change Effects?

By:  Thomas Steffanci, PhD, Senior Portfolio Manager I came across an interesting article in Mining.com referencing a study by Citicorp that found that metals such as aluminum, nickel, steel, and copper (including the fossil fuels necessary for their production processes) can have a net beneficial effect on climate mitigation. This surprising finding was that the use of these metals can drive...

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Congrats Dr. Steven Yamshon on your new certificate “Climate Change Awareness & Leadership”

“Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.” – Brian Tracy We are proud of BFSG’s Steven Yamshon, PhD, for his new graduate certificate “Climate Change Awareness and Leadership”. This adds to his other degrees in environmental resources and advanced certifications in sustainability and climate change. BFSG’s Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing...

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Restore our Earth and Start Reducing Your Carbon Footprint

Today we celebrate Earth Day and sticking to the theme of this year’s Earth Day, "Restore Our Earth”, this blog post is focusing on restoring the world’s ecosystems by helping you reduce your carbon footprint. Did you know that meat and cheese are some of the most carbon-intensive foods to produce?(1) Globally, 77% of agricultural land is used to produce meat and dairy and according to The Land...

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Is Bitcoin an ESG Nightmare?

If some of the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) rating agencies were to apply an ESG risk rating to Bitcoin, it would probably be a laggard and would be a nightmare to assign a risk rating to. The energy-intensive process by which computers solve complex algorithmic problems to verify blockchain transactions is an undeniable “Environmental” offender, the E of ESG.1 The carbon...

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