VCEB
Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF
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Most of them but not all. Check out VCEB or VFMO
VCEB, VASIX are 2 of the bond funds that i hold. Also I’ve found QREARX to be a good alternative to stocks to add diversity
Are ESG funds actually good investments or are they just lessoning my potential return by trying to make me feel a little better. Currently have funds in VCEB and VSGX as part of my portfolio.
Merrill blocks a lot of things. ETNs, ETFS they don’t approve of, etc it’s why I’m leaving them. Off the top of my head, they won’t let you but RPAR, VXX, GBTC, VEGN, VCEB etc. the last one is a Vangurd ETF for crying out loud. It’s not about whether the fund is actively traded or not, after all they allow investments in ARK funds. I got lured in before free commissions became the norm. It’s been a lot of foot dragging but I finally have my paperwork to transfer out.
I'm going to give you the index fund answer: Generally the safest way to invest long-term is to use index funds. Normally I'd suggest a 3 fund portfolio consisting of VTI (US stocks), VXUS (International Stocks), and BND (US Bonds). But since these ETF's hold pretty much every company in the US and Internationally, you do find that they contain companies that one might not want to invest in. With this in mind, Vanguard (who provides the above funds) and others have produced "ESG" (Environmental, Social, Governance) equivalents of these funds. Here's vanguards page: [https://investor.vanguard.com/investing/esg/](https://investor.vanguard.com/investing/esg/) The ESG equivalents of the three funds I mentioned above are ESGV, VSGX, and VCEB. These funds exclude several categories of companies such as those who are poor stewards of the environment, or who have proven to be unethical companies, or who sell products that are controversial from an ethics viewpoint.