Before You Tick the Terms and Conditions Box
The important small print setting on our contractual rights, the one you always sign against before reading could land you into some serious trouble. Research conducted in the United Kingdom revealed that only 7% of Britons read the online terms and conditions when signing up for products and…
Trust Me, I'm a Matatu Selection Expert
There is no way to predict share movements. All we can do is hypothesize and hope. Anyone making guarantees to you that XYZ is going to rise tomorrow so you should buy is a cheat.
A Simple, User Friendly Budgeting System
Contemporary budgets can be complicated and difficult to formulate and follow. It is a fact that not everyone is comfortable with detailed planning and a traditional budget might just not work for most of us. Well, there is a simple and user friendly budgeting alternative.
The Week in Review
NSE Performance Over the course of trading last week, Kenyan shares blasted to a nine-month high on Thursday and Friday as they rose for the sixth straight session to 3,677.81 on Thursday. This could be attributed to investors pouring their funds back into equities largely due to falling inflation and…
KCB Shareholders Get 48% Increase in Dividend
Kenya Commercial Bank Group has announced a 48% increase in dividends to its share holders for 2012/2013. At the Bank Group’s Annual General Meeting group at the KICC Chairman Peter Muthoka announced that shareholders will now get a dividend of Shs. 1.85 per ordinary share as compared to last years…
What's Your Side Gig?
Most people who are currently running their own companies started them as a mere side gig to get an extra penny. Emma Nganga, a once successful PR associate, turned to dairy farming, her longtime side gig. Eric Kinoti, founder and managing director of Shade Systems East…
Barclays Bank Share Reaches its Highest in Two Months
In yesterday’s trading the Barclays Bank of Kenya (BBK) share gained 3.1% to close at KES 13.45 per share. Over the course of the day the share hit KES 13.50, the highest value the share has attained since February 16th this year. This increase comes a day after the bank…
Pesa Portfolio – 18 May 2012
Our Pesa Portfolio of KES 99,000 increased KES 800 in value in yesterday's trading. Our holdings in Mumias Sugar, Housing Finance and Kenya Re supported this increase in value, with the net gain being diluted by drops in the Kengen and Crown Berger shares.
Forex Trail – 18 May 2012
The Kenya Shilling had a bruising in yesterday's trading losing ground against the US Dollar, the Euro and the SA Rand. The Kenya Shilling lost 0.292% of its value versus the USD, continuing its slip-and-slide this week.
Housing Finance: Back in the Business of Building
After 13 years, Housing Finance is back in the business of building with a bang! 162 maisonettes for starters.
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