Category: BLK

BlackRock

Scott Shepard: An Open Letter to BlackRock Investors

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Dear BlackRock Investors: Larry Fink finally got around to a 2023 annual letter. In it he spends more than 9,000 words to confuse the picture about what’s really on tap for 2023: He knows he’s doing you wrong, violating his fiduciary ...
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Larry Fink

Ethan Peck: BlackRock’s Larry Fink Peddles The Left’s Radical ESG Agenda

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In another one of his annual letters — this time to investors instead of CEOs — BlackRock CEO and self-appointed oligarch of the world economy, Larry Fink, proved once again that he can’t help but contradict himself, lie to shareholders, mischaracterize basic ...
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Larry Fink

10 Steps to Reform Larry Fink the Comic Book Villain

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Last week in Davos, Switzerland, many of the World Economic Forum (WEF) leaders whined that we on the right are making our evaluations of their attempts to control world energy, food, and environmental, legal and social policy "personal." And apparently ...
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BlackRock Made An Oopsie

BlackRock Made An Oopsie

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In a RealClearMarkets commentary, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard reviews the annual Global Outlook of investment giant BlackRock, and marvels at what he finds: In its 2023 Global Outlook, BlackRock rued the close of what it called the Great Moderation, ...
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BlackRock

Scott Shepard: BlackRock Accidentally Admits Role In Reversal of Economic Good Times

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In its 2023 Global Outlook, BlackRock rued the close of what it called the Great Moderation, the 40-odd years since the policies of Reagan and Thatcher brought forth from the malaise of inflation and stagnation a great flourishing of human creativity ...
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Withdrawing Money From BlackRock Is Only a First Step

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Many states and some other sensible investors have begun to pull their money out of BlackRock, tired of having the power of their assets commandeered by Larry Fink to advance his personal policy preferences. But withdrawal is only a first ...
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Scott Shepard: Red States Have Begun Pulling Money from BlackRock. Now What?

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This commentary by Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard was originally published at RealClearMarkets. An ever-growing series of red states have pulled some or all of their assets from BlackRock’s management in light of that company’s oft-repeated commitment to ignore ...
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Klaus Schwab WEF Agenda

Formerly In the Soviet Union, the Locus of Evil Resides In Davos

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Good heavens, it’s been an ugly, stupid few weeks for American corporate executives and the companies they lead, hasn’t it? Even uglier and stupider than the usual new depths they’ve reached since the “mostly peaceful” summer of 2020 – which ...
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SHEPARD: BlackRock Fails to 'Set the Record Straight' On Its Energy Policy

SHEPARD: BlackRock Fails to ‘Set the Record Straight’ On Its Energy Policy

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In his latest commentary for Real Clear Markets, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard discusses BlackRock's weak attempt to repair its anti-fossil fuel reputation. "What BlackRock invests in all energy companies – even unreliable-energy companies – is irrelevant, because the objection is that BlackRock discriminates within the ...
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Red States Pull Funds from BlackRock over 'Woke Capitalism'

Red States Pull Funds from BlackRock over ‘Woke Capitalism’

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Free Enterprise Project director Scott Shepard joins Stella Escobedo on One America News Network to discuss the growing number of states pulling funds from BlackRock over ‘Woke’ ESG initiatives. Watch the full interview below: ...
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