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TRUSTEES CAST OUT OIL STOCKS

TRUSTEES CAST OUT OIL STOCKS S&P 500 Stocks Shifted To S&P 475 By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Rejecting the advice of the village treasurer, the Village Board this evening voted unanimously to shift its investments in S&P 500 stocks over the next year into an S&P 475 scrubbed free of fossil-fuel companies. Trustees acted despite Treasurer Derek Bloomfield, citing guidelines for CFAs (chartered financial analysts), advising them that a fully diversified portfolio, including fossil-fuel stocks, is the…