A few weeks ago, the writer was in the maintenance area of a building and saw a person using a steel cutter device to fix the wheels of a cart used for display purposes. On my return it was noticed the gentleman was still working on the wheels. When he stopped to examine his work, I asked why all the work to put on the wheels? It was explained the original came with small wheels that perform one function (and little movement) and larger wheels were needed to make the cart multifunctional. The problem was the design of the bottom of the cart was very poor and additional supports were needed. Later in the week, the writer saw the carts being used and could see the gentleman did a great job.

Linking to dividend producing stocks, often the design of a fund that you may have bought did one thing very well, but then it was asked to do something else which it was not really set up to do. If the entire frame is not fixed, tweaking just does not do the job. Dividend funds or dividend producing stocks need the least fixing because either the investments are paying dividends or they are not. What they were when they were bought should be what they are now.

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