Today’s wisdom is from the Guru, Warren Buffet as shared to his shareholders: Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies. And if they insist on trying to time their participation in equities, they should try to be fearful when others are greedy, and only greedy when others are fearful. Letter to shareholders 2004.
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 MoreAbout beating the market… Most books will claim that they can teach you how to beat the stock market, i.e how to invest in such a way that you will earn better returns than the general market. No one can teach you how to beat your market, and beating the market shouldn’t be your goal. Focus on maximizing the chances of achieving sustainable gains. About…
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…
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Any investment adviser worth his salt will tell you to include stocks in your investment strategy, but few tell you how to do it. I strongly believe that stocks are great, and should be part of everyone’s long term investment strategy, but I haven’t focused much on them in the past. However, after observing the trends in the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE), then reading this…
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