Kwani hamtaki ainvest IPO za BRITAK na Transcentury? He needs cash to do this. I believe James Mwangi still has big plans for Equity. Ati maturity? Haha. Bado hata growth. Watch this space...

they are taking profits but the same big boys will re-enter the markets through proxy (though to be phased out soon by CMA) or by registering companies in Guernsey and other islands and re-enter the market as foreign investors.
Equity is expanding to Tanzania and the future remains bright and cannot be ignored.

When it comes to EB; it amazes me how many people are willing to stick their heads in the sand. WB is totally invested in HB, if you are minding the basket and are totally aware and confident in the prospects of your business why would you want to diversify?

People do things in their self interest. The only reason why the CEO would want to divest is because he believes the stock is overvalued and he is better off cashing out. If he still believed in further growth, he'd continue to hold!!!

Two points to note in your surprisingly ignorant outburst:

1. What is HB? I only know of Berkshire Hathaway (BH).

2. Berkshire Hathaway is a diversified conglomerate that is in everything from financial services, steel and apparel, to energy, furniture and the media. It is completely different from homogeneous entities like Microsoft and Equity Bank. http://www.berkshirehath...com/subs/sublinks.html.

Just but a reminder JM is also a major shareholder in Britak. Fishy is the word easy to connect the same with the forthcoming elections....

Njung'e, we havent said that. Just that when they sell, we wonder why

Maich, good thing the market is not made up of pedestrians and other such people (and I don’t mean fishmongers). I’m sure you’ll have no problem holding the shares until we’re ready to buy them back. Connecting the dots………………..Britak, Equity, Transcentury, everyone seems to be building apartments. Or some other such thing.

Million reasons why anyone would sell, of course….if only someone would tell me what his is. Seeing as he’s in charge.

And if anyone here has invested all their life savings in Equity Bank, they need to stop smoking such powerful weed.

Exactly. These guys - JM, Jimnah, Munga etc. have invested in different sectors of our economy and every now and then they will need to raise cash. For all we know, JM would be planning to do an 'equity' in a different sector and him and his golf buddies have decided to each raise a ka-loose billion each to fund the project.

The reasoning by some people here is funny to say the least. A good number of wazuans are business owners. Do they invest in the NSE [read other businesses]? Of course they do! Does that mean they've lost faith in their own businesses? Of course not! Many of us have sold part of our portfolio - even when the price is not right - because we have come across a red hot deal which we cannot let pass by.