QE2 is ending! Hide your money!

You know it's not even worth talking about Walker and his cronies in charge of DOA and what they are doing - the shock value is gone.

I talked to my brother who lives in Springfield Illinois and for a while I thought he had gone to the dark side.  He is a business owner ( MMLP Architectural Services - " MMLP Exists To Improve The Built Environment ") and when I told him all that was going on in Wisconsin he seemed unfazed.  But then I realized for seven years HE had Rod R. "Milorad" Blagojevich for Governor which makes Walker look like a rookie!

So I guess he is excused from getting all humped up over what is going on in Wisconsin.
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The big thing I'm getting ready for today is that I'm taking Milo into the Doctor. The last time he went in DJ took him and she said "I will NEVER take Milo to the doctor again". I guess there was blood all over the room as Milo is not really Doctor friendly and has all his claws (and a few extras it seems). I have a special suit I'll put on this time.

He seems to have a cough which could be a hair ball or mouse stuck in his throat and has had a snotty cold for like a month.  Nothing better then him cuddling up next to you at night and sneezing in your face!

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As you might have noticed the Stock Market has been doing very well for the past couple years.  Seems natural disasters have little impact on the markets and even gasoline prices are not hurting.  People complain about the price of gas saying it will hurt the economy but in reality it has very little effect.  Of course if the price of gas went from $2 to $4 over night THAT would hurt but a few cents at a time people and companies adjust.

Plus I have these cool coupons you can use when you go the the gas station.

Anyway I think I might start to slowly move some money into some saver areas in the market.  You see one of the things that has really helped in the past year is the QE2, the second round of the governments "quantitative easing".

This comes to an end in June which also coincides with the typical summer stock doldrums.  My feeling is that money managers also know this and THEY will start to go saver in May to get a jump on everybody else who will be going saver. 

What QE2 did was keep BAD things from happening by dumping 80 billion dollars into Treasury bond purchases. It created a sort of base.  By printing more money and keeping interests rates low the corrections have been manageable. But there won't be a QE3 because of there are inflation worries.  I believe that while there is a very good chance for stocks to go up!  There is a bigger chance for stocks to go down or stagnate in the summer.  and let's not forget,  people are just WAY TO bullish!  
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Remember our pheasant friend?

Seems he has been tap tap tapping on all the windows in our neighborhood.  He was at out walk out basement window this morning.  I think he is looking for loving! Wants to be somebodies pet perhaps.
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Thirteen years ago today the Brewers played their first National League Game!

Have a wonderful Thursday.

Rod