Last evening, when the writer was making dinner, spices were used. In my case nothing that is considered exotic, but spices from the spice rack. Many families have spice racks for they add flavour to the meal. Did you ever think about those spices? People have travelled and continue to travel around the world. For thousands of years, there was and is a spice caravan collecting the spices in India and surrounding areas, going up the Arabian peninsula to Cario and on to Europe – Rome, London, Paris and other urban areas of Europe. As the prices grew, a desire to find an alternative route (lower price) lead to Columbus landing in North America. An added bonus was the search for gold or base metals.

Linking to dividend producing stocks, the basic story is the same for thousands of years. If the item has high demand, with a near monopoly conditions, prices will be attractive to support dividends. It is story which goes through all sectors of the economy and brings capital to continue the search. Investing in dividend producing stocks is learning from and repeating history. It is a good thing to do.

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