Bones is a TV show on the FOX network based on the Kathy Reichs books one is called Fatal Voyage, Scribner, 2001. Ms. Reichs is a forensic anthropologist and writer and is a writer with the show. The main character on Bones is Temperance Brennan who examines human bones to determine how they died. Then she works with a FBI agent ,who she finally married, and if you have ever watched the show the actors on screen chemistry works. Brennan works at the Jeffersonian and has the supporting cast of skilled people in the study of bugs, facial recognition and people trying to understand the why?

In every episode a body is found and the cast recreates the scene to understand what happened to the person, why they were found where they were and how did they die. It takes resources to do what they do (and on TV the cast has the best resources), it takes hours of study to find clues, in order to solve how the murder (usually) was done and who did it. If you have never watched the show, you will likely enjoy it. In the books, there are more people with their own agenda to throw a monkey wrench in the process.

Linking to dividend paying stocks, on shows similar to Bones, the process is the same, start with an idea and then research to find if the facts match your idea. There may be new information which leads you in a different direction. For example, the stock markets have reached new highs, which stocks should you buy? In investing the only known answer is the past, because no one knows which stocks will go higher, but many have ideas. A tried and true past performance is the companies that are profitable and one method to measure it is if they pay a dividend? In that fashion, the company has enough cash to both reinvest in the business and pay its investors. The total return of dividend stocks over the years has made them the less risky investment, with the higher return whether the market goes up or down.

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