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Does investing with a conscience cost you money? A matched-pair analysis of 96 mutual funds (24 faith-based, 24 secular SRI, 48 conventional) from 2007–2015 found no statistically significant performance penalty for faith-based funds. While the raw return was slightly lower (-0.55%), the difference was **statistically insignificant** (t-statistic -1.33) once adjusted for risk and fund size. The study concludes that faith-based restrictions do not inherently degrade performance, debunking the "Cost of Piety" myth.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/46489705_The_Price_of_Sin_The_Effects_of_Social_Norms_on_MarketsWe reject the binary choice between "Values" and "Value." The academic evidence confirms that a constrained universe does not automatically lead to constrained returns. The "Faith Penalty" is a myth perpetuated by those who confuse *screening* with *underperformance*. By using sophisticated active management within a values-aligned universe, we target alpha without compromising on the source of the returns.
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