I must confess I started stocks investment as a speculator basing my picks on fundamentals.
Things went fine especially in NSE from 2004 to 2007. I could not sustain this strategy from 2008 so I had to switch to income yielding stocks. My gains has been moderate but consistent with rest of mind.

Bluntly speaking I failed as a speculator but I am succeeding as a long termer. I am not against stocks speculation though, if you can handle the intricacies and external influences that might make your preferred stock not to respond to fundamentals.

I believe, if you miss the capital gain, do not miss the dividend. Strictly speaking I only invest in blue chips.

With this at the back of my mind, dividend yield wise I prefer

Bamburi Over ARM
KCB over Equity or Coop
NMG over Scangroup
Safcom Over Access
Etc

In Addition

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the
total returns produced by equity securities.
• Portfolios consisting of higher dividend yielding securities produce returns that are attractive relative to loweryielding portfolios and to overall stock market returns over long measurement periods.
• The reinvestment of dividends
during stock market declines has also been shown to lessen the time necessary to recoup
portfolio losses.
• The ability to pay cash dividends is a positive factor in assessing the underlying health of a company and the quality of its earnings.

Most often while investing on high dividend yield stocks, capital gains naturally follows.
Few examples in NSE includes EABL, NMG, SCB etc.

It's a good strategy. In the long run you tend not to lose.

Total nonsense I say. NSE bait the teat the feedeth it. How many companies went all the way to declare tantalizingly sweet dividends only to lock and insistently shaft investors for their honest decisions?
Who is that so blind to buy 7% dividend yield while my savings gives me 7% guaranteed interest without giving me sleepless nights? Corporate governance at NSE stinks to the high heavens, senile CEO have lost the plot and their business is eating from the forbidden jar. Young CEOS have been misled to doomsy without apology and persistently lacked wisdom, charisma, creativity, moot and the drive to unlock the potential of a vibrant stock market like NSE. Where are the likes of mugo kebati, Aden, youthful mwangi etc whose word spake and investors rumble made NSE quake. Mwangi has come of age, aden still there, mj recycled for lack of better, oflate the slogan is onaciathira colour noturiokuo. No ideas, a senile NSE boys play ground, short timers paradise, wash wash is the days business distribution is the art. Wanjiku wa siku hizi amechanuliwa akachanuka.

Corporate governance that eptimoed fruitful rewards at NSE is long forgotten. What a decandency. Wash wash, cook cook, doctor doctor, who told them to cook. Rest in peace sir kivuitu? Bring them as they are and we will help you know why they never did in the first place. NSE is fast degenerating into a hood of den of thieves. You can't touch this, neither pick that neither step their. A field full of land mines. Touch at your own risk is the word in the street. NSE is mirroring our fast deteriorating societal values and pillars. Deteriorating health sector, public sector, alumni- keep up Matiangi. Brave enough to do atleast things differently. Courageous enough to be there where you ought to be without looking over your shoulders.

Talk of political good will, law and governance economical environment that is fast fading like a lighting strike. Corporate shenaniganism is the order of the day. Kefaki, we miss your wisdom, stamina and the hope you inspired to this nation. Look, the NSE regained its lost glory by leaps and bounds. Ground breaking

judgements were delivered by our sons and dotas and respected by the high and nobles. High respect, respected bidding morality, country men with high ego and patriotism. Such is the fast fading glory. NSE can not be a better way to say it. Prudent and pundits investors are ditching worthless promissories of our companies like plague. Kenya fast fading as a safe haven.

Total political charatanism is becoming the days order. Even DJ Trump has toned down his political rhetorics and eanerstly embarked on a move that he has believed in and is rallying Americans to support it. Our debacle is yet to crack, the chronicle/ fidle of the duos.

So, high, how high should I feel its worth the risk? How high should it be, to risk my sleepless nights and heart to it?

Am going to fast for Kenya. This land of plenty. That it Pestilence's and upheavals may be uplifted. That, wisdom and glory be upon it, that its faithful men and women shall not only work hard but also smart. And that the the fruit of its countrymen's toil and sweat, shall be born in the life of its mortals.

bamburi,nmg and eabl-for long term.This was a very good advice.Where did this guy went to?

Hii mtu inaitwa @muandiwambeu iko wapi iseme kitu about COOP