The last couple of months have seen rather discouraging times in our banking sector, with the collapse of Dubai Bank and Imperial Bank, and most recently Chase Bank which is in receivership under the management of KCB. However, it is heartening to see aggressive moves in the market, like the recent launch of Spire Bank. Inspired by the word “Inspire” , Spire Bank says it is here…
Read More“An Investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis promises safety return of principal (amount invested), and an adequate return. Operations not meeting these requirements are speculative” – Benjamin Graham. The Intelligent Investor An investor’s focus should be learning and implementing strategies that ensure security of the capital, and an adequate return. Anything that is not focused on these two objectives is considered speculation…
Read MoreWell, this isn’t exactly jargon, but I thought it would be useful to introduce Warren Buffet to you, since we will be using his wisdom in picking stocks in the Nairobi Stock Exchange. Keep checking the stocks category to see how that goes (though we just got started). Warren Buffetis considered one of 20th Century’s greatest investors, something he started doing at a very early…
Read MoreQuick: If I gave you Kshs 200,000 today, what would you do with it? Every so often, or at least once in a lifetime, we receive money we didn’t expect. It may be from a lottery winning (very rarely), your employer could feel generous and decide to reward you, or you could close a business deal and get more profits than anticipated. Windfalls may be…
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In Part 1 of the 50,000 dollar problem, we looked at my techie friend’s dilemma. He’d come across Kshs 50,000, and was looking to make “good” and certain returns in a year, and since I wasn’t offering him any viable solutions, he was going to buy the iPad2 instead. My advice to him was to take a SACCO loan to pay for his gadget. Why…
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