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The Nature of Investing: Resilient Investment Strategies Through Biomimicry
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781937134945 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 04/22/2014 |
Pages: | 226 |
Sales rank: | 732,518 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d) |
About the Author
Katherine Collins is Founder and CEO of Honeybee Capital, a research firm dedicated to the pursuit of optimal investment decision-making. Katherine has previously served in numerous capacities at Fidelity Management and Research Company. As head of US Equity Research, she led one of the largest buy-side research operations in the world. As Portfolio Manager, she was solely responsible for investment decisions for the multi-billion dollar Fidelity America funds while based in London, and for the entire range of Fidelity Mid-Cap Funds while based in Boston.
After a career in traditional equity management, Katherine set out to re-integrate her investment philosophy with the broader world, traveling as a pilgrim and volunteer, earning her MTS degree at Harvard Divinity School, and studying the natural world as guide for investing in a valuable and integrated way, beneficial to our communities and world.
Katherine serves on the boards of the Biomimicry Group, Last Mile Health, and Common Impact, a nonprofit that facilitates collaborations between global companies and local nonprofits. She is an active volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, and has held numerous volunteer positions with Wellesley College and its Business Leadership Council. She is a member of the Harvard Divinity School Dean’s Council and of the Sprout Lenders group, and an advisor to Criterion Institute, the PopTech Impact Fund, and the Massachusetts chapter of the Trust for Public Land.
Table of Contents
Part I Preparing the Ground
Saved By the Bee 3
The Roots of Biomimicry Investing 13
The Roots of Biomimicry Practice 19
Part II Re-Rooting Investing: Six Transformations
From Efficient to Effective 27
From Synthetic to Simple 49
From Maximized to Optimized 71
From Disconnected to Reconnected 95
From Mechanical to Mindful 117
From Static to Dynamic 137
Part III Cultivation and Care
Biomimicry Investing: Resilient, Regenerative, Reconnected 159
Timshel: The Power of Choice 165
Notes 169
Resources 181
References 187
Acknowledgments 197
Index 201
About the Author 209