Continuing with looking past your borders is a book called Abel’s Outback – Explorations and Misadventures on Six Continents 1990-2000 written by Allen Abel, published by McClelland & Steward Ltd, Toronto, 2001. Mr. Abel is a journalist and for a decade was able to travel the world to find stories. The interesting thing about the stories is the people who he meets while going to and fro. Although we are all different, it many instances we are the same – we adapt to wherever we are and find the good where we are to stay there. Even though on the outside looking in, there are some large obstacles. For example in one story dealing with the Australian outback – he is driving with a postman and seeing 2 cars on the road in a day is an exciting thing; however when they arrive at the destination it was worth the journey. There are many other stories along the same line, when you are travelling talking to people is a good thing and you can hear great stories and even make a few connections along the way.

Linking to dividend paying stocks, in line the journey is the important aspect, in investments the results are the important aspect. Along the journey, dividend paying stock owners want to collect money or dividends along the way to ensure that over the years the value of the shares rises and continues to rise and not fall too much. Investing in profitable companies allows the journey to be interesting and allows lingering to get to meet the people. For in the end, we are similar.

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