Advisor Spotlight

Mark Minnella

CFCA

Integrity Investors LLC.
12647 Olive Blvd
Creve Coeur, MO 63141

The Integrity I-Dex is a Biblically Responsible Index created by Integrity Investors as a benchmark for biblically based portfolios. Each company in the index has been screened for involvement in the following:

Abortion
Adult Entertainment
Alcohol
Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Gambling
Immoral Lifestyles
Tobacco

WELCOME to Moral Money

Moral Money is a site dedicated to expanding the awareness of Biblically Responsible Investing and helping people grow closer to Christ by illuminating the Biblical insights of investment stewardship. Biblically Responsible Investing is the act of building an investment portfolio consisting only of companies that do not participate in or promote lifestyles that are offensive to Christian values. These values include the manufacture or distribution of such products as tobacco, alcohol, abortion services, anti-marriage lifestyles, pornography, and products or media that mock the Christian lifestyle.

By providing free, up to date news, information, education, and professional tools and advice, we intend to make it possible for everyone to design and build an investment portfolio that is both honoring to God and financially desirable.

Latest News

Christian Anti-Porn Group Groping Groupon

Thu, May. 17 2012 01:32 PM MST

Over the past few months, there have been hunks of bad news about Groupon, the original "Deal of the Day" web site, which currently has 16 million users. According to Reuters, the once innovative company "has lost more than half its market value this year on concern about waning demand for its daily deals and the company's accounting troubles."

Starbucks: Going 'gay' is profitable!

Tue, May. 15 2012 12:41 PM MST

In response to objections over a public statement made earlier this year backing Washington’s same-sex marriage bill, the leadership of Starbucks Corporation assured its investors not to worry, for profits have never been better.

Kid-porn scandal: Is Facebook still good investment?

Wed, May. 09 2012 08:25 PM MST

She’s a tiny brunette with brown eyes, barely 10, and she’s naked – posing for the man who raped her and traded her photo like currency with thousands of insatiable predators on Facebook.

Can Business Save Your Soul?

Tue, Apr. 24 2012 02:47 PM MST

There is a simple truth about business: individuals, not “the organization” or “the law,” make the moral decisions behind each and every action a business takes. In a piece just released by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, this vital point is highlighted: the unequivocal responsibility of the individual within the business context is at the center of every major business crisis and success we’ve experienced from the Wall Street mortgage meltdowns and the lingering echoes of Enron to inspiring entrepreneurs starting companies that cure cancer and bring essential services to poor families.

Hobby Lobby crafts Godly enterprise

Tue, Apr. 24 2012 09:49 AM MST

Despite lacking a formal college education, Steve Green was able to advance up the corporate ladder and is currently president of Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. The School of Business hosted Steve Green as the keynote speaker for the Prince-Chavanne Distinguished Lecture Series, held in the Morris Cultural Arts Center April 16.

Christian Biz Thirty-One Gifts Faces Heat for Planned Parenthood Tie

Thu, Apr. 19 2012 09:45 AM MST

It seems like every time I turn around my Christian friends are having “Thirty-One parties.” I’m not much for girl parties, but I have to admit, this stuff looked cute even to me, at least until I found out this Christian organization was helping to fund Planned Parenthood.

Faith and Values Inspired Investments

Sat, Apr. 14 2012 06:18 PM MST

The relationship between faith-consistent (FCI) and socially responsible investing (SRI) was on the agenda of the Tenth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance and is a question that surfaces frequently. As both sectors continue to increase in size and therefore influence it may be instructive to consider a few of the learnings that have emerged when this question surfaces.

Salem Communications Corporation Stock Upgraded (SALM)

Wed, Apr. 11 2012 09:24 AM MST

Salem Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:SALM) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from sell to hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth and revenue growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income and poor profit margins.

The Ryan Group (Bank of America/Merrill Lynch): Conscience is Key.

Fri, Apr. 06 2012 12:41 PM MST

The Catholic Church is deeply hierarchical, but broad discretion is left to member organizations in the area of investing, Merrill Lynch advisor James Ryan says. “So every parish is responsible for its money, every order of priests is responsible for its money, … and the bishop in that diocese really has no control over it. There are tens of thousands of portfolios and tens of thousands of decision makers out there,” he says.

Independent Broker/Dealer Leading the Biblically Responsible Investing Movement

Thu, Mar. 22 2012 12:48 PM MST

Purity Network Ministries, a ministry dedicated to finding and recommending resources that uphold Biblical values is pleased to announce an organization that adheres to Biblical financial responsibility. In these uncertain times, it is extremely important to invest with moral and financial values.

Cumbria councils' millions invested in tobacco

Wed, Mar. 21 2012 12:59 PM MST

Millions of pounds from pension funds held for local authority workers across Cumbria have been invested in major tobacco firms. Cumbria County Council, which also manages pension money for district councils such as Carlisle Copeland and Allerdale, has confirmed that more than ?8m of the fund has been ploughed into the tobacco industry.

Prosperity vs religion

Mon, Apr. 30 2012 08:42 AM MST

THOMAS Carlyle's fulminations against the spiritual damage wrought by factories are almost two centuries old, but the sentiment is current wherever industrialisation is rampant.

Pepsi`s use of aborted fetal cells

Wed, Mar. 21 2012 10:57 AM MST

I had assumed this was just a wild rumor, but Pepsi really is using the bodies of aborted children to make its products–not for cannibalism but in product testing. And the Obama administration has given its approval.

A Question I Had To Ask

Mon, Mar. 19 2012 01:21 PM MST

I knew I had to ask. Even though the question would expose a battle I’ve fought for a long time. And I was not even sure I could keep my composure as I asked the question. To me, the question went to the very core and what I, as a steward, should do with the resources that flow my way. It touched on the very reason I feel that God has me on this earth in the first place. Even thinking about the question drug up a deep lack of peace that I successfully ignore most of the time.

Managing the Remaining 90%

Fri, Jun. 24 2011 07:58 AM MST

We often hear pastors and teachers teach about the 10% that we are to tithe. But what about the other 90% required for good Christian stewardship? Have we ever considered what we are to do with that and who really owns it?

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