BonaSIMM: Performance Update

Mark Larry (one of last year's co-general managers) just posted the following on the SIMM blog.

The benchmark by the way which is being used as a comparison is made up of market indexes that are weighted based on investment style (value or growth) as well as size (large, mid-cap, or small cap).

BonaSIMM: Performance Update:

"As of 7/9/09 Year to Date SIMM's E-Trade account has returned 8.18%, while the benchmark has returned 1.02%...Outperforming the benchmark by 7.16%

As for the 2nd quarter 2009 SIMM's E-Trade account returned 16.71%, while the benchmark returned 13.58%...Outperforming the benchmark by 3.13%"

BonaResponds Newsletter and Press Coverage

The Summer 2009 BonaResponds newsletter is available here.

You can sign up to work on the July 11th local service day here. (you can also find out how you can help fund BonaResponds every time you buy anything online. (just enter BonaResponds as the charity).

And watch for a story on BonaResponds on YNN out of Buffalo on Friday.

EmbraceItAfrica Trip updates

Andrew Mantilla (2008 BBA, 2009 MBA) is part of the SBU-SIFE sponsored trip to Africa (See EmbraceitAFrica.org). He has kept a blog of their journey. Highly recommended!

Andrew's Blog: Last Days in Uganda:

"It was hard to see this other side of Africa where there is development, tourism, somewhat of a regular economy, and money. Our time at Bethlehem and Kyotera was full of intense culture and poverty where we were the only white people anywhere in site. It was hard to see the struggle that most of the people in this country have to go through and then just around the corner there are people with money.

I'm really going to miss the school as it was an experience that has changed the way I look and feel about things forever."

The rest of his blog is here. Some of the Africa Related posts are

• Last Days in Uganda
• Visiting Homes
• Teachers Gift from HSBC and Ugandan Homes
• Loans, School and More Uganda
• First Visit to the School, Driving, and Loan Meeti...
• First Full Day
• Arrival to Uganda
• Getting Ready To Leave
• Lindsay's Blog: Summary of Plans for 2009 Trip

Dr. Susan Anders on VITA

Dr. Susan Anders is a Professor of Accounting who also runs the Vita Program. In this video she describes VITA (the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program) and gives us a brief history of the program.