Stance In The News

Stance In The News

NASDAQ - JUST FOR FUNDS

September 2025
Stance showcases how its CHGX – the Stance Sustainable Beta ETF brings together equal-weighted large-cap U.S. equities with fossil-fuel-free and net-zero aligned screening. Explore how the strategy reimagines core equity exposure to combine performance discipline with meaningful sustainability.

The truth about esg: innovation, hypocrisy, and the future of sustainable investing

September 2025
In this eye-opening episode of A Foreigner in Finance, Eduardo sits down with Bill Davis, founder of Stance Capital, to unpack the murky world of sustainable investing.

Just For Funds with Nasdaq ETFs

August 2025
Bill Davis joins Giang Bui, Head of U.S. Equities & ETPs at Nasdaq to discuss STNC, the Hennessy Sustainable ETF, and how we’re helping investors manage risk.

Bloomberg - A New Approach to Sustainable Investing

August 2025
Bill Davis, Portfolio Manager of the Hennessy Sustainable ETF, seeks companies he believes live at the intersection of strong underlying fundamentals and attention to ESG risk factors.

Schwab Network - Avoiding Mag 7 and Looking for Strong Fundamentals

August 2025
Bill Davis has some worries about the Mag 7's P/E ratios. He highlights Tesla's (TSLA) declining sales and says it's in "real trouble," yet its valuation is extremely high. He sees plenty of opportunities outside the Mag 7 and highlights his firm Hennessy's ETF offerings that focus on companies with strong fundamentals.

Bill Davis on Barron's

April 2025
Bill Davis discusses 3 defensive stocks he supports, and the importance of blocking out the political noise when focusing on long-term investments.
Nikkei Asia

Bill Davis on Nikkei Asia

April 2025
Bill Davis discusses different ESG investments, and how the new administration has created headwinds for ESG investing.

Bloomberg Businessweek: Jobs Revision

August 2024
Bill Davis joins Tim Stenovec and Katie Greifeld to discuss the high concentration risk of the S&P 500 and the movement away from mega cap names.

What's Behind the Signals of Market Rotation, Schwab Network

August 2024
Bill Davis joins Nicole Petallides on Schwab Network to discuss what's behind the signals of market rotation.

Beware OverValued Magnificent 7 As Volatility Heats Up, Investment News

August 2024
Bill Davis joins InvestmentNews anchor Gregg Greenberg to discuss his cautious outlook for stocks, especially the Magnificent 7.
Yahoo Finance

yahoo Finance's Good Buy or Good Bye

August 2024
Bill Davis joins Julie Hyman on Yahoo Finance's Good Buy or Good Bye to discuss Tesla and Freeport McMoRan.

AI, ESG, and The Investment Revolution, Ep. 17 of Viewpoints by Hennessy

May 2024
Bill Davis joins Jay Colter from Hennessy Funds to discuss his insight on the current market environment.

Sustainable Investing in Tumultuous Times: A Deep Dive With Bill Davis from Stance Capital

May 2024
Bill Davis joins Elysabeth Alfano on the Upside & Impact: Investing for Change podcast to discuss sustainable investing in tumultuous times.

Ep 19: Harnessing unique data to develop competitive advantages with Bill Davis, Founder & Portfolio Manager at Stance Capital

December 2023
Bill Davis joins Gabe Rissman on this episode to share his experience of consistently leveraging unique datasets to power positive impact as well as discuss how he builds portfolios that allow for values alignment without sacrifices and why ESG investing is going through the pimply teenager stage of life.

INVESTING RESPONSIBLY - OUR CONVERSATION WITH STANCE CAPITAL

November 2023
Founding Partner of Stance Capital, Bill Davis, member of Climate Action 100+ and a signatory of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment is sharing his experiences of what investors need to see to be comfortable investing capital into certain markets.

MoneyLife With Chuck Jaffe – “Market Call With Kyle Balkissoon”

AUGUST 2023
Kyle Balkissoon, Hennessy Sustainable ETF Portfolio Manager, discusses the components of Hennessy's quantitative approach, stressing that a company they consider must first be aligned with their values and be poised to outperform, as well as apply an optimization in an attempt to reduce portfolio level tail risk and mitigate downside losses.

Bloomberg Radio – Bill Davis Interviewed: “ESG and ETFs”

AUGUST 2023
Bill Davis, Hennessy Sustainable ETF Portfolio Manager, believes ESG considerations in investing are here to stay and that there are risks that are existential to investor performance, such as those around climate.

TD Ameritrade Network - "Hennessy Stance ESG ETF (STNC) Holdings Highlight"

AUGUST 2023
Kyle Balkissoon, Portfolio Manager of the Hennessy Stance ESG ETF, believes there are two macro trends to watch – increased workplace productivity due to the AI wave, and a normalizing yield curve.

Bloomberg Podcast, The Tape, “ETF Strategies in the second half”

JULY 2023
Hennessy Funds Stance Cap ETF Co-Portfolio Manager, Kyle Balkissoon, relies on the concept of “explainable ESG,” to thoroughly screen each company to show investors know why a company is or isn’t in the portfolio. He believes companies with “prudent use of capital,” and showing stable consistent growth are well positioned for outperformance.

Bloomberg Radio – “Drive To The Close With Bill Davis”

APRIL 2023
Recognizing there are many valid approaches to ESG, Bill Davis, Portfolio Manager of Hennessy Sustainable ETF, describes the fund as actively managed and free of fossils, weapons, and tobacco. He invests at the intersection of good ESG and good fundamentals across the economy.

TD Ameritrade - "What The Kroger & Albertson's Merger Means For Grocery Stocks"

MARCH 2023
Kyle Balkissoon, Porfolio Manager of the Hennessy Stance ESG Large Cap ETF, believes Kroger has good growth prospects regardless of its potential merger with Albertson's. He likes it as a stock that is likely to retain market position and absorb inflation better than some others.

Climate Progress at Caterpillar After Shareholder Engagement

MARCH 2023
Read As You Sow's press release for information on Caterpillar Inc's environmental progress to meet shareholder expectations and input from Bill Davis.

BILL DAVIS DRIVE TO CLOSE (AUDIO)

MARCH 2023
Listen to Portfolio Manager Bill Davis discuss the markets with Carol Massar and Madison Mills on Bloomberg Radio.

Bill Davis talks esg on fintech.tv

MARCH 2023
Portfolio manager, Bill Davis, talks with Jeff Gitterman on ETF Rundown to discuss STNC, ESG investing and its future, greenwashing, and more. Check out the full interview on Fintech.tv.

Bill Davis’ op-ed for investment news

MARCH 2023
“There’s too much complacency when it comes to ESG, driven by the fact that it’s much easier to simply accept a score and move on. And this to me is a far bigger issue than greenwashing.” Bill Davis tackles how greenwashing is masking a deeper problem within ESG investing.

ESG Decoded Podcast

MARCH 2023
Managing director, Bill Davis, talks ESG investing with Kaitlyn Allen on the ESG decoded podcast. Topics include the genesis of ESG data, portfolio construction, and more.

New york stock exchange

MARCH 2023
Founder and Managing Director Bill Davis joins Douglas Yones host of NYSE’s The Exchange live from the trading floor to discuss Stance Capital’s unique approach to ESG investing.

NASDAq

MARCH 2023
NASDAQ’s TradeTalks and Founder and Managing Director, Bill Davis discuss trends in ESG investing and incorporating Carbon Reduction in Portfolio Construction.

etf.com

MARCH 2023
ETF Custom Baskets A Game Changer (July 23, 2021)

NASDAQ

MARCH 2023
Actively-Managed ESG ETFs Offer Diversification for Investors (June 11, 2021)

New York Stock Exchange

MARCH 2023
Stance Capital Virtually Rings The Opening Bell (May 11, 2021)

Stance Debuts With Active ESG ETF

MARCH 2023
Stance Capital rolled out an actively managed ESG ETF that it had run as a separately managed account since 2014. The Stance Equity ESG Large Cap Core ETF (STNC) selects its holdings from the large-cap U.S. equity space as represented by the Russell 1000 and S&P 500 indexes. (March 17, 2021)

Stance Capital Announces Large-Cap Core ESG ETF

MARCH 2023
Stance Capital, a pioneer in quantitative ESG investing and research, is proud to announce the launch of the Stance Equity ESG Large Cap Core ETF (NYSE: STNC). The fund will be a series of The RBB Fund Inc. and will use Blue Tractor’s Shielded Alpha® ETF wrapper. (March 16, 2021)

For additional information regarding the unique attributes and risks of the Fund, see the Prospectus and SAI.

https://go.hennessyfunds.com/STNC-StatutoryProspectus.pdf

https://go.hennessyfunds.com/STNC-SAI.pdf

https://www.hennessyetfs.com/etfs/stnc-esg-etf

The Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses must be considered carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the investment company. Please read it carefully before investing. A hard copy of the prospectus can be requested by calling 1-800-966-4354.

Performance data quoted represents past performance; past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance of the Fund may be lower or higher than the performance quoted and can be found here.
Neither forward earnings nor earnings growth is a measure of a fund’s future performance. Please click here for performance data.

ETFs are subject to additional risks that do not apply to conventional mutual funds, including the risks that the market price of an ETF’s shares may trade at a premium or discount to its net asset value, an active secondary trading market may not develop or be maintained, or trading may be halted by the exchange in which they trade, which may impact an ETF’s ability to sell its shares. Shares of any ETF are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the ETF. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.

Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Gains or losses on a single stock may have a greater impact on the Fund. For these and other reasons, there is no guarantee the Fund will achieve its stated objective. The Fund seeks to pursue its investment objective by using proprietary models that incorporate quantitative analysis. There is no guarantee that the Portfolio Managers’ use of these models will result in effective investment decisions for the Fund. From time to time, the Fund may concentrate its investments in one or more industry sectors. The Fund is currently substantially invested in the Health Care, Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors and its performance is therefore tied closely to, and affected by, developments in these industries. The Fund invests in small-sized and medium-sized companies, which may have more limited liquidity and greater price volatility than larger, more established companies. Smaller companies may have limited product lines, markets, and financial resources, and their management may be dependent on fewer key individuals.

Sustainability investing risk is the risk that applying sustainable investment analysis to the Portfolio Managers’ investment decisions regarding the Fund’s portfolio may forgo certain investment opportunities otherwise available to the Fund. The Fund intends to invest in companies with measurably high sustainability ratings relative to their sector peers, and screen out particular companies that do not meet its sustainability criteria. The Fund believes that these sustainability factors are material to its assessment of the risk-return profiles of companies in which it invests. The relevance and weighting of sustainability criteria may vary significantly among issuers and third-party data providers. Sustainability is a subjective assessment and it is not uniformly defined. Sustainability data may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate, or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s sustainability characteristics. The Fund’s returns may be lower than other funds that do not seek to invest in companies based on sustainability ratings or screen out certain companies or industries. The Fund seeks to identify companies that it believes may have higher sustainability ratings, but investors may differ in their views of sustainability characteristics. As a result, the Fund may invest in companies that do not reflect the beliefs and values of any particular investor. Regulatory changes regarding the definition or use of sustainability criteria could have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s ability to invest in accordance with its sustainability strategy.

For additional risks of investing in the fund, please see the prospectus.Diversification does not eliminate the risk of experiencing investment loss.

Distribution Rate reflects the investment income per share during the last 12 months divided by the share price at the end of the period, expressed as an annual percentage rate. It is calculated by annualizing the Fund’s most recent distribution. The annualized dividend yield may not reflect the actual yield an investor would receive. 30-Day SEC Yield is a standardized yield computed by dividing the net investment income per share earned during the past 30-day period by the share price at the end of the period, expressed as an annual percentage rate. The 30-Day SEC Yield should be regarded as an estimate of the Fund’s rate of recent investment income, and it may not equal the Fund’s actual distribution rate. Past yields are no guarantee of future yields.

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