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  • August 24
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  • Date: August 24, 2022
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Our CEO’s Q2 2022 Letter to Clients

There is a large, framed photograph in our office that NorthStar acquired shortly after we won equal marriage rights in Massachusetts. The photograph is of a sign that was held high during the June gay pride parade in 2004 that says, “Brown, Roe, Goodridge.” As I sat in the office with a beloved...
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  • May 09
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  • Date: May 9, 2022
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Our CEO’s Q1 2022 Letter to Clients

Many years ago, during a rainstorm, I ran outside to pick some tomatoes from my garden and, while doing so, was suctioned into the wet, mucky soil. Worried about my meal prep (and my boots!), I pulled my feet out of my boots, jumped aside onto solid ground, and then leaned over and carefully pulled ...
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  • February 04
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  • Date: February 4, 2022
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The New Normal — Our CEO’s Q4 2021 Letter to Clients

We certainly have started 2022 with a bang. Market volatility in both equities and fixed income appears to be the path we are on, while staff shortages are more numerous and more impactful than they have been since the beginning of the pandemic....
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  • October 31
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  • Date: October 31, 2021
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Looking Ahead — Our CEO’s 3Q 2021 Letter to Clients

Looking Ahead Eighteen months into this pandemic and we have all had enough. Stock market volatility at the end of September was the icing on the cake for those of us on the Investment Committee. Soaring oil prices, the unresolved debt ceiling, fear of inflation, the reconciliation bill, the Build B...
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  • July 22
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  • Date: July 22, 2021
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Corporate Leaders, We Know You Can Do Better

In the wake of George Floyd’s death, corporate leaders from 66% of the S&P 500 companies made public statements, many of which condemned racism or affirmed the need for a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. But these same corporate leaders run companies where Black people’s existence is r...
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  • May 07
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  • Date: May 7, 2021
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Are We Going Forward? — Our CEO’s 1Q 2021 Letter to Clients

I don’t know about you, but I am taking a rest from my constant monitoring of the evening news. I am tired of five years of unrelenting political controversy. This does not mean that violent shootings of unarmed black men and mass shootings are not on my radar, but in order to remain hopeful that ...
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  • February 05
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  • Date: February 5, 2021
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One Step Forward? — Our CEO’s Q4 2020 Letter to Clients

On January 20th, like many of you, I sat glued to the television. I needed to see Donald Trump walk out of the White House, get into that helicopter, and leave. What he had to say to his loyal followers was of no interest. I just wanted him out....
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  • July 31
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  • Date: July 31, 2020
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Our CEO’s 2Q 2020 Letter to Clients

I am afraid. I am not afraid of stock market volatility; I am afraid that we are leaving Democracy behind and sinking into Trumpian Fascism...
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  • April 07
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  • Date: April 7, 2020
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NorthStar Issues 2019-2020 Social Change and Activism Annual Report

Today, NorthStar issued its Social Change and Activism Annual Report. Read more to learn about the goals we've pursued in 2019 and download this report. ...
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  • October 08
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  • Date: October 8, 2019
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Driving Change as an Inclusive Leader

NorthStar is proud to announce that CEO Julie Goodridge will be speaking on a panel at YW Boston’s 2019 Elevating Lives Series....
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