If you are alive, you have a bias.You can pretend that you do not, but you do. We make choices everyday, We pick colours to dress ourselves, we are creatures of habit. There is nothing wrong with having biases. The trick is to ensure that because you have a bias, you do not automatically dismiss those that disagree with you. It is the same in the investing world, we have a bias towards what is a good industry segment to be in or not. We have a bias towards companies, it is easier if you like the company and invest in it. The point of the above is in every market segment, there are opportunities.

Linking to dividend producing stocks, if you start with the bias the company has to pay a dividend which has been paid for a number of years. You will find the usual companies such as utilities, pipelines, but within this select group will be companies you may not be familiar with. Some will be in industry segments you have a bias against, as long as you reject for the correct reasons, than dismiss them outright, it is okay, You likely will dismiss some because most of us do not have unlimited funds to buy every dividend producing company.

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