One of the methods advertisers use to sell their product is by postcards. In various locations and sometimes depending on your postal code, they are dropped off in the mail. The other day one arrived in the mailbox and glancing at the picture it looked like a face. In fact the picture was of a building and its outside staircase viewed through the trees. The procedure has been a long tired and true method reaching back to Ichabod Crane and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow featuring the headless horseman. It was a wonderful story and the trees at night accent the plot. If you were to wonder through the trees in the evening, it is not hard to come up with great stories. In the daytime, the trees just not have the same negative effect.

Linking to dividend paying stocks, different methods to look at the same thing is something we should strive for. We may do the same thing, but every once in a while we should look through a different perspective. For most of us, we should focus on: ensuring our capital is protected (not losing money) and making money through the use of dividends with the bonus of increasing stock price. The number one rule of investing is do not lose your capital. The second rule is make compound interest work for you – if you prefer stocks ensure a dividend is paid. In the long run you will have a greater amount of assets than any other way.

There are more questions than answers, till the next time – to raising questions