Last evening was the biggest show in Hollywood for movies – the Academy Awards or the Oscars. Movies are part of the average person’s entertainment, education, enjoyment, recreation and billions are spent worldwide on them. Fortunately everyone has a story, often many stories, and more movies are made all the time. In some cities there are movie festivals every week on a different topic and that is wonderful, which means whatever your interest is, you can find movies. Often when you think of movies you think of Hollywood and the expensive movies to make and there is a need for those types of movies. At the Oscars, the stars of the movies were out, most did not buy their outfits, although some could afford them. Many jewelers and fashion designers offer the stars a chance to wear their outfits for the publicity it brings to the star or the other term is product placement. Some of the viewers could identify most of the stars, some only knew a few of them. Some viewers had seen all the movies, some a few of them and read about the rest. The people will the greatest knowledge will be those that have spent time or doing their homework in regards to the movies.

Linking to dividend paying stocks, the stock market would be all the movies made and released to the public, the dividend paying stocks would be the ones that make money. There is a difference between the two numbers, very likely the vast majority of movies made for release, the hope is break even or to find distributors in smaller markets which would allow the film to make money. When a movie makes money, it allows the director to make more movies. As an investor, it is hard business to know which movies will do well and which ones are still looking for a paying audience. On the stock market, it is easier, you start with those that have paid a dividend in the past and make your list from them. From that list you can bring the list down to the ones you believe are winners for the resources you wish to invest in.

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