The older a person gets, the more they turn their attention to one of the most important parts of the newspaper – the obituaries. If you read them, you will read about very interesting people, one or two you may even know or know of. Today Jerry Buss the former owner of the Los Angles Lakers was highlighted. Over the years reading about his team and once in a while about the him, lead me to read the obituary. Although there are standard formats for writing the obits and for high profile people in the local community the papers has a piece ready to be updated; for the average person, the family writes the article and their sincerity is reflected in the piece. Each of us affects people who may only see a small part of their lives. The ones that are truly missed tend to affect everyone in the same positive manner and were role models for everyone else.

Linking to dividend paying stocks, one of the attributes of a company besides paying a dividend, is that the company should be a good corporate citizen. When it is a good corporate citizen which includes earning a profit, the company treats its employees fairly, tries to make the world or its part of the world a better place by solving problems related to its clients. However you rank companies, when you add in the good corporate citizen for the long term, your investment will pay off year after year with increasing dividends.

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