Over the holidays, similar to many people, movies are watched for enjoyment and to past the time away. Hopefully you have your favourite holiday movies, some were on TV and others we own but tend to only watch around the holidays. One movie which  watched was Oliver. The movie has been made by many directors and the music and the era keeps us coming back to it. The music is terrific and the themes are relevant in today’s society – food, love, family, retail business.

Linking to dividend paying stocks, the movie is about an orphan who is reunited after many years with an uncle. If Oliver had not asked for more food, escaped to London to meet the pick pocket group, to meet his Uncle, there would be no movie. Similar to many things in life, if we had not done x, then y may not occurred. Often times people lose money in the stock markets, then in an effort not to lose money, they learn about dividend paying stocks. You do not pay to learn the lesson first, but by investing in profitable companies, you will have less likelihood of losing money in the long run. When the profitable companies pay you dividends, you can focus on whether your dividend payments will be repeated again in the new year. If the answer is yes, then investing can be easy and profitable. If the answer is no, move to another stock. Make in simple in the new year, by ensuring the bulk of your portfolio is in profitable companies.

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