According to the Washington Post feature The Daily 202 written by James Hohmann firing FBI Director James Comey the reasons why Mr. Comey was fired was poorly done. The President has the right to hire and fire senior people working for the government. In firing the FBI Director who is the top law enforcement official for a reason given the public trust was eroded. This is the same public trust which likely helped the President win more than the Russian involvement. My opinion is the Russian hacks of the Democratic Party gave fuel to his existing supporters; when the FBI Director added his views on Hilary’s emails, it allowed Republicans to vote for the Republican nominee. To fire the FBI Director for this one would expected the Democrats to fire him, not the Republicans. However, similar to many things in the Presidential White House the time line does not add up.

Linking to dividend paying stocks, in every organization there are the people who made decisions and those that have the title. The decision makers the ones pushing the company one way or another are the people you want to know about. If one gets fired or is let go (usually with an enhanced paycheck), as a shareholder you want to know why? what does it mean for the direction of the company? what governance was going on and how will it be changed? As stock holders you own the company and if senior people are let go for the correct reasons the company can continue and you do not have to worry. If they are let go for a less than reliable reason, you need to find alternatives for your investments, for the next few weeks or months the stock will go nowhere or will decline.

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