Not so long along a play by a local community group was attended, as a local group there was people in the seats which is good. However, the cost per ticket indicated a more break even event. There was some advertising in the program, hopefully a few grants from government, likely more at the local level, and some people in the community who gave donations to ensure the theatre continues to perform. As an investment in ideas or community building, the money was well spent. As an investment in year over year continuing dividends, it would be a thin one at best.

Linking to dividend paying stocks, we all pick our individual holdings for particular reasons that is what makes us human. That is a good thing, one person may want plus 10% return with no risk (hard to do in a low interest rate setting); another wants something else which is equally good for them; another maybe interested in gaining dividends and not worry about the stock price as long as the dividend is almost guaranteed; this is why investing often has an depends answer. Whatever you decide what is good for you, that is good. There are always many alternatives to choose from.

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