Valerie At Large

So, we’re in recession, and the media keeps telling us that we are in a recovery phase, cool beans! My bankers and I disagree however. We keep meeting on the weekends or at the office to brainstorm on our next moves, and truthfully, we can’t figure this one out. This black hole is a total mystery to us.

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Yep, according to the NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research), I just got a Google alert that it’s officially over. The announcement rules out any possibility for a “double-dip” (I like double dipping), but then it states that a new downturn would be considered a new recession (sounds like they already know it’s here).

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After 4 months of what seems like endless ruminating, I have finally figured out a way to get prepared and survive a great depression. Let’s just say that I have spent a lot of money on trade publications, joined too many forums with people that draw blanks on the question, and, I must be bored. [...]

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I went to a “Meet and Greet” breakfast organized by my PTA this morning. I know what you’re thinking: “Valerie at a PTA meeting, as if….” Okay, in my defense I was pushed by someone to go, because everybody knows how I feel about PTA-type functions: not my bag. Anyway, I showed up and was [...]

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