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VCAM: December 2009 Newsletter VOLUME 9 ISSUE 6

 

The "New" New Deal or
Repeating Economic History?
by John Valentine and Genevieve Valentine
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Over the last couple of months, we have begun to see President Obama’s strategy for addressing our current economic condition. His economic team has been focused on evaluating how the current conditions mirror those of past decades in order to glean some ideas about how best to move forward. Like Obama’s presidential campaign motto of “Change”, we are seeing how his presidential economic perspective adheres to the “Change” ethos. Inarguably, change must surely occur, but we should take care not to forget the lessons of the past, so we might avoid revisiting the same flawed thinking and the mistakes such thinking yields. Like historian and Pulitzer Prize winner David C. McCullough said, “History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.” Corrective action uninformed by historical context is useless. In short, decisions about the future are not well made in the absence of clear perspectives about the past.
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A Holiday View on Break Even Analysis
by John Valentine and Matt A. White

humorAs many of us seek to wrap up our holiday shopping, we're bound to spend time perusing the malls, main street boutiques, and web sites for those perfect gifts for our family and friends. In many instances, our purchases will be guided by a wish list, constrained within the limits of a budget, often times leading the consumer to analyze the benefits of one gift versus another. Without really giving it much thought, we're performing a type of analysis that is very similar to that of choosing which class of mutual funds is best suited for our investment.
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Taking Charitable Giving One Step Further
by Genevieve Valentine

fundsValentine Capital to help promote the charitable mission of Indego Africa by participating in a Harvard Case Study.
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A Bit of Humor
handsEconomic Joke of the Month
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
--May you have many holiday blessings.
Best wishes for 2010, -Your VCAM Team


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