@fyatu,dont regret.Stock market is one of the best place to grow wealth over time.
Its true you are not alone.The bear is rough to everyone.
Take heart and view it as a lesson.I first joined NSE through safaricom IPO of 2008.i was among the many green wanjikus who bought their first shares then.I also bought other shares till 2012 and sold everything at some losses.
I came back in 2015 with determination to become wealthy through NSE.
I started a fresh slowly and im growing with confidence as each day goes by.
Over those years,i have learnt some few lessons:
a) Put money in the stock money that you can afford to loose.The kind of money that if it drops from your pocket you will not stress up.
These also involves money that you may not need anytime soon.
b)Stock market requires patience.Im currently buying safaricom at 23 yet there was a time it was 2.50!.These means you need to be patient and give it time.
c) Take time to do proper reasearch on any company before buying it.Avoid sentiments and herd mentality.
@fyatu,i will encourage you to never give up.
Im here to make wealth for me and my children and i will only strive with many challenges and obstacles.Cheer up and relax.avoid stress.

Pole sana. There are plenty of NSE investors underwater. I wish I could say that the rout was almost over, but the policy makers in our country don't seem particularly keen on improving the state of things, as long as they can keep raiding government coffers to sustain their families.

There's a lot of negative sentiment which will only be reversed when the companies begin posting good numbers- but considering the profit warnings from even cash-rich blue chips, that is not likely any time soon.

- Defend your holdings by averaging down on stable/well-run firms.
- Write off the monkeys (or ignore them till they jump)
- Peleka family vacation/upcountry Christmas stress iishe
- Build a warchest in readiness for 2019 results' release, and board the buses that have passed strict inspection.

My abp for Kplc is 6 bob. Technically speaking KPLC and Kengen are not a bad investment only that Jubilee has been inconsistent and offcourse too much corruption and roadside decrees. Personally, i don't think hustler will steal anything when he becomes PORK.The burden will be on him to clean his image.Besides, institutions like auditor general and other whistle blowers are becoming more bolder as we progress as a nation.I also have some KCB and other popular stocks amongst wazuans and investment funds etc(even though you can never have a five bagger with popular stocks). I can say my portfolio is widely diversified and proud that my investment philosophy is my own and that i buy what i know and see

Regulatory risk in KE has increased sustantially as GoK finds itself in a vicious cycle of wrong policy actions and the resultant unintended consequences in turn lead to more populist policies. This tends to be an infinite rabbit hole of self sabotage.

https://investinginafric...o-invest-kenyan-stocks/


I hope this helps

I really don't agree with Ebenyo.

Firstly, the stock market you read about by Warren Buffett and the likes is not the same stock market we have here. They are not the same "animal". Here we have very weak law enforcement, so there are a lot of leakages in shareholder wealth that go unpunished which creates a vicious cycle. So stock market in Kenya and the one in the US are not the same "thing."

My strategy which works very well for me has been to put most of my money i.e. 90% in risk free treasury bills and bonds. Then I use the rest of the money i.e. 10% to set up or invest in very high risk new ventures. The 10% provides me with the potentially unlimited upside while the 90% provides me with a floor beyond which I cannot go under. The way to stay rich is to avoid being poor!

One of the biggest hidden costs of the NSE is that it attracts a lot of smart people, who are over trained and over read for a market with so few investable companies. A lot of companies e.g. EAPC are riddled with corruption and the NSE doesn't really suit an emerging market with a high level of corruption. So it's a big waste that people full of American ideas about the stock market operate in the NSE where a lot of rules learnt from American investors make no sense!

Your intellect, money and time is much better spent creating your own company in stead of fishing in the muddy polluted waters of the NSE.

Investoquandary.

Investors are left with bleeding ninis, 🐒s and KQueers. Real estate is whacking big time. 😎. Am intending to post a Dr karukaranga mganga mashuuri kwa nyumba zangu sasa to keep the bankers away.

Pandemonium, could someone help with the meaning and give examples.

He is called John Kibunga kimani.he currently own 30% of kakuzi.he was born inside their and he feels attached to it.

But you forget we are all wired differently

Well I decide to liquidate most my portfolio with a sizable loss on Uchumi, but overall it cancels out with the good profit I made from Mumias sometime back, going by the general economic climate the bear will be with us for much longer than we had hoped, I am currntly only holding Hafri. and recently bought some eaagads after the drop after the financials.