Doing well by doing good.

• Author: Gunther, Peter
• Position: From Readers

I read with particular interest your Note From a Worldwatcher on the Quakers and social investing ("Doing Well by Doing Good," September/ October). I began some very modest social investing of my savings back around 1987. Currently, my IRAs are split between Pax World (mutual) funds and Prudential. Since the dot.com bubble, my Pax World fund has lost nothing or almost nothing, and even paid a dividend last year. Meanwhile, my Prudential funds contracted by over...