Lot's of happenings in downtown Columbus

 Well - seems the "old guard" are vacating the downtown and opening it up to new owners.  A bar is gone an antique store is for sale, the ugly should be condemned "star" building is for sale and so forth. 

One of those COULD be a home for my surpluses of new and old artwork.  We shall see. 

MEANWHILE we had a meeting with our financial advisors about how to finance a log home up dar at the tip of Door County - right next to a good friend of mine from High School Steve Seybold.  

Of course we waited until Covid was in the rear view mirror and supply chain issues were fixed before we started to move forward . . .to soon?  sigh!  And of course a war happens. 

We laughed last fall at meetings when builders talked about people who were in the middle of building when Covid hit and prices for EVERYTHING quadrupled.  

I always liked talking to REAL financial people and their take on things.  

1. Bonds have sucked for 6 months and will continue to suck for a while as interest rates go up.  

2.  Stocks have sucked because of the fear of the unknown with wars and supply chain issues but not because companies are losing money.  A few days ago they said we SHOULD be near the bottom of this "correction" unless Russia hits NATO and the shit hits the fan. 

The issue they are most concerned with is the recession that always happens when the fed  start to slow down the economy.  We are at Full Employment at the moment and people have not stopped spending money even while they complain about high prices. The fed will raise interest rates one tick too far and a couple years later - recession.  

They predict in the next 5 years American Stocks will perform worse (not the +30% in the last year), International stocks will perform better and bonds will perform better then the last year.  

Our mix is 40% bonds  40% stocks 15% international stocks and 5% cash if you are wondering. We have been doing half of what the DOW does  DOW up 2% we are up 1% DOW down 2% we are down 1%.  

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MEANWHILE

Gus is going to go to his first Brewer game  Bark in the Park  June 7th 

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Burgers - I've made Plaza sauce and spicy cheese sauce for burgers and now want to try tzatziki sauce.  Not REALLY knowing what it tastes like except for the one time I had a gyro I would rather buy it but it seems to not be something grocery stores stock. 

Pray for me. I hope I don't die from bad tzatziki. 

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WEATHER - another snooze More rain. It WILL snow but it will be more like slush.

My weather station is having issues "Error Communicating through USB"  WTF!  tried everything. this USB has a weird connection to the actual station.  i SUPPOSE I could but a new USB but . . . .    

Nuff said at the moment  11-2 in NBA the last 4 days  NHL system is a break even system but that is played 100% favorites. It was an experiment. NBA is fign fine at 9.3% ROI with 260 wagers.  

Cheers