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sparkly
#911 Posted : Tuesday, October 30, 2018 7:20:08 PM
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VituVingiSana wrote:
Pesa Nane wrote:
littledove wrote:
suspension extended 75 more working days


No surprise there!


Can someone buy by private contract during suspension, like centum bought Carbacid from Matiba?
Life is short. Live passionately.
HaMaina
#912 Posted : Monday, November 05, 2018 1:53:21 PM
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ARM sinks deeper after Sh21.3bn factory write off

https://www.businessdail...37376-x3hnexz/index.html
“You can get in way more trouble with a good idea than a bad idea, because you forget that the good idea has limits.” - Ben Graham
obiero
#913 Posted : Monday, November 05, 2018 2:07:19 PM
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Joined: 6/23/2009
Posts: 14,217
Location: nairobi
HaMaina wrote:
ARM sinks deeper after Sh21.3bn factory write off

https://www.businessdail...7376-x3hnexz/index.html

How @vvs ended up invested in a fraud company with KES 2.4B negative equity shows that no investor is safe in the NSE streets

KQ ABP 4.26
Angelica _ann
#914 Posted : Monday, November 05, 2018 2:25:46 PM
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Joined: 12/7/2012
Posts: 11,935
obiero wrote:
HaMaina wrote:
ARM sinks deeper after Sh21.3bn factory write off

https://www.businessdail...7376-x3hnexz/index.html

How @vvs ended up invested in a fraud company with KES 2.4B negative equity shows that no investor is safe in the NSE streets


Zee vultures are inviting friends to finish ARM completely....


The true financial position of ARM remains sketchy and the administrators have appointed Knight Frank Limited to undertake a comprehensive valuation of the company’s hard assets.
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins - cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later - H Geneen
lochaz-index
#915 Posted : Monday, November 05, 2018 6:25:52 PM
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obiero wrote:
HaMaina wrote:
ARM sinks deeper after Sh21.3bn factory write off

https://www.businessdail...7376-x3hnexz/index.html

How @vvs ended up invested in a fraud company with KES 2.4B negative equity shows that no investor is safe in the NSE streets

The grave mistake was using NAV computations as the main criterion for investing in this firm. As long as the books of a company cannot be trusted it is useless to rely on any ratios or figures deduced from them. In this particular case the balance sheet and cashflow statement were diametrically opposed as to the state of the company's health. @VVS and other investors simply chose to ignore that which was quite blatantly open.
The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many people as possible.
Horton
#916 Posted : Monday, November 05, 2018 6:32:54 PM
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Joined: 8/30/2007
Posts: 1,558
Location: Nairobi
lochaz-index wrote:
obiero wrote:
HaMaina wrote:
ARM sinks deeper after Sh21.3bn factory write off

https://www.businessdail...7376-x3hnexz/index.html

How @vvs ended up invested in a fraud company with KES 2.4B negative equity shows that no investor is safe in the NSE streets

The grave mistake was using NAV computations as the main criterion for investing in this firm. As long as the books of a company cannot be trusted it is useless to rely on any ratios or figures deduced from them. In this particular case the balance sheet and cashflow statement were diametrically opposed as to the state of the company's health. @VVS and other investors simply chose to ignore that which was quite blatantly open.



Yeah NAV has to be taken with a pinch of salt. Even looking at P&L would show the dire straits this company was at. But as they say the past is always 20-20
obiero
#917 Posted : Monday, November 05, 2018 6:40:02 PM
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Joined: 6/23/2009
Posts: 14,217
Location: nairobi
Horton wrote:
lochaz-index wrote:
obiero wrote:
HaMaina wrote:
ARM sinks deeper after Sh21.3bn factory write off

https://www.businessdail...7376-x3hnexz/index.html

How @vvs ended up invested in a fraud company with KES 2.4B negative equity shows that no investor is safe in the NSE streets

The grave mistake was using NAV computations as the main criterion for investing in this firm. As long as the books of a company cannot be trusted it is useless to rely on any ratios or figures deduced from them. In this particular case the balance sheet and cashflow statement were diametrically opposed as to the state of the company's health. @VVS and other investors simply chose to ignore that which was quite blatantly open.



Yeah NAV has to be taken with a pinch of salt. Even looking at P&L would show the dire straits this company was at. But as they say the past is always 20-20

True. That’s why I would always prefer to be first guided by top management composition as the foremost measure of trustworthiness. Financials do matter but books can be cooked easy by dodgy characters.. Take KQ as an example, would the current team really be eager to falsify the financials

KQ ABP 4.26
Ebenyo
#918 Posted : Monday, November 05, 2018 6:49:38 PM
Rank: Veteran

Joined: 4/4/2016
Posts: 2,016
Location: Kitale
lochaz-index wrote:
obiero wrote:
HaMaina wrote:
ARM sinks deeper after Sh21.3bn factory write off

https://www.businessdail...7376-x3hnexz/index.html

How @vvs ended up invested in a fraud company with KES 2.4B negative equity shows that no investor is safe in the NSE streets

The grave mistake was using NAV computations as the main criterion for investing in this firm. As long as the books of a company cannot be trusted it is useless to rely on any ratios or figures deduced from them. In this particular case the balance sheet and cashflow statement were diametrically opposed as to the state of the company's health. @VVS and other investors simply chose to ignore that which was quite blatantly open.


UK firm CDC couldnt see it and they pumped kshs 14 billion into ARM.i remember reading in the newspaper that Paunrama was weeping for ceding control to CDC.kumbe ilikuwa machozi ya ukora!
Towards the goal of financial freedom
Angelica _ann
#919 Posted : Monday, November 05, 2018 7:17:29 PM
Rank: Elder

Joined: 12/7/2012
Posts: 11,935
Ebenyo wrote:
lochaz-index wrote:
obiero wrote:
HaMaina wrote:
ARM sinks deeper after Sh21.3bn factory write off

https://www.businessdail...7376-x3hnexz/index.html

How @vvs ended up invested in a fraud company with KES 2.4B negative equity shows that no investor is safe in the NSE streets

The grave mistake was using NAV computations as the main criterion for investing in this firm. As long as the books of a company cannot be trusted it is useless to rely on any ratios or figures deduced from them. In this particular case the balance sheet and cashflow statement were diametrically opposed as to the state of the company's health. @VVS and other investors simply chose to ignore that which was quite blatantly open.


UK firm CDC couldnt see it and they pumped kshs 14 billion into ARM.i remember reading in the newspaper that Paunrama was weeping for ceding control to CDC.kumbe ilikuwa machozi ya ukora!


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In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins - cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later - H Geneen
VituVingiSana
#920 Posted : Monday, November 05, 2018 7:23:54 PM
Rank: Chief

Joined: 1/3/2007
Posts: 18,347
Location: Nairobi
This, like KQ and Olympia wasn't my finest investment BUT the loss is negligible in the grand scheme. Plus the recent gains in KK have more than made for it
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett
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