Dire Warnings from Dr. James Hansen . . . again Those who receive Dr. James Hansen's occasional newsletter from his Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions team, will have seen some dire reports before. Still, nothing we have seen is quite as unimaginable or alarming as learning that global warming is happening at the equivalent of 750,000 exploding Hiroshima [...]
SEC Issues Trailblazing Climate Disclosure Proposal At long last, after studying the issue for many years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has finally released its long-awaited proposal to require companies to disclose their climate risks to investors. These proposed rules (neatly summarized in a 506 page notice) will require all publicly traded companies to disclose both their greenhouse [...]
The DOL's proposed Rulemaking on "Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments" for ERISA plans is considering amendments to the “Investment duties” regulation under Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), to confirm that ERISA requires plan fiduciaries (i.e. the investment advisors) to select investments and investment courses of action based solely on [...]
We are very pleased to announce another exciting collaboration for Tiemann Investment Advisors (TIA). Dr. Robert E.C. (Bob) Wegner, owner of Wegner Associates of Grapevine, Texas and Dr. Jonathan Tiemann of Tiemann Investment Advisors, LLC, Menlo Park, California, have agreed to a new strategic relationship. Commencing April 2019, Bob Wegner and Jonathan Tiemann shall collaborate on assisting with the [...]
Dr. Tiemann presents a California Gold Rush talk to the Fellowship Forum Dr. Tiemann was the invited speaker at the Fellowship Forum in Palo Alto on March 19, 2019. This is a local group that meets weekly to hear speakers on a variety of topics. Dr. Tiemann spoke about banking in early California history, both before and after the Gold [...]
A history of how a shipping company becomes a bank Dr. Tiemann was the invited speaker at the Rotary Club of San Mateo on February. His talk was entitled “Banking in Gold Rush California — The Adams Express Company.” In this talk, Dr. Tiemann explores the story of the Adams Express Company — the largest express company and second-largest bank [...]
By Valerie Gardner, posted on December 15, 2018, updated December 28, 2018 It is with sudden and stunning sorrow that we find ourselves entering the holiday season without our long-time friend and colleague, Kathy Hughes Anderson. Kathy has very ably and energetically served as our office manager since 2012, keeping our office humming, making it look beautiful, assisting our clients' [...]
Nuclear energy primed for private investment Rod Adams’ marvelous Atomic Insights blog published an article in February titled "Advanced nuclear energy systems are ready for investors who seek ground floor opportunities," that asked an important question: “How do we match the ingenuity and enthusiasm of atomic innovators with the large magnitude financing sources needed to advance the field so [...]
Written by Valerie Gardner, TIA Principal & Business Manager, April 12, 2018 Welcome! We are pleased to introduce a new Tiemann Investment Advisor website to those coming to visit us online. We are now located at tiemanninvestmentadvisors.com but if you go to "tiemann.net" you will be automatically redirected to the new website. Once again, though we have an updated design [...]
Post of Barrons article quoting Dr. Tiemann Author Vito J. Racanelli published an article entitled "Corporate Scandals Have a Cost for Investors" in Barrons, in which he discussed the phenomena of Corporate America's multitude of "ethical and reputational fiascos . . . corporate half-truths, deception and sexual misconduct" incidents, many of which have been dominating the headlines. It turns out [...]