The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) is up +28.4% year-to-date, . Top gainers like Kenya Power (+129%) and KenGen (+95%) are shaking the markets. Many are now asking: Is it too late to invest in the NSE?. Here's a deep-dive 🧵.

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5. Your portfolio type and allocation. Depending on your portfolio type and asset allocation strategy, you can easily know whether it's right for you to add more bonds to your portfolio. For example, a retiree with an income portfolio and a 80/20 allocation strategy (80% bonds ,.

4. Are you building a bond ladder?.If your strategy includes constructing a bond ladder: a portfolio of bonds maturing at different times , you’ll want to consider how each new bond fits in your plan. Choosing bonds with different tenors, coupon rates, or interest payment months.

3. Interest payment dates.This shows on which months you will receive your interest payments. It is important for an investor looking for regular passive income from bonds.

1. Type of bond. Infrastructure bonds are tax free and very lucrative to investors. Most investors may prefer this over the normal fixed coupon bonds that see a 10 or 15% Withholding tax on interest. 2. Maturity of the bond.This determines when you will get your principal back.

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) floats new bonds every month, offering investors a range of bonds to invest in. But how do you decide which bond to invest in?. Here are some of the key factors to consider before you make your decision:👇👇.

Financial decisions that will let you sleep better at night:. 1. Build a 6-month emergency fund.2. Get health insurance.3. Get whole Life Insurance.4. Have a portfolio of cash generating assets that earns you some income. When shit hits then fan, do you have a fall back plan?.

Parliament is reviewing a bill to insure sacco deposits through a new Deposit Guarantee Fund, protecting members if a sacco collapses. The bill also puts secondary saccos like Kuscco under tighter Sasra regulation to prevent future liquidity crises. ~BD.

Moody’s warns Kenya will struggle to raise external funds without IMF/World Bank support. The country risks depleting FX reserves to service debt, with $750M World Bank funding already frozen over governance concerns. Talks for a new IMF deal are ongoing.

RT @kahome_steve: A question that comes up a lot:. “Since MMFs largely invest in T-bills, wouldn’t I be better off investing directly and a….

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BAT Kenya has reported strong performance for H1 2025: . 1. Net revenue remained stable - impacted by Excise duty and VAT . 2. Operating profit increased by 12% to 4.2B. 3. Operating profit margin(EBIT margin) improved from 32.2% in H1 2024 to 36% in H1 2025 showing that BAT is

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RT @kahome_steve: With the reopened Infrastructure bonds currently on offer by CBK. They can be a great addition to a bond ladder. Here is….

You can open a MMF account via one of these links:. 1. Sanlam MMF: 2. CIC MMF:

Finally:. From a returns perspective, there’s little to separate MMFs and T-bills as both tend to offer comparable yields. It’s also hard to predict with certainty which one might outperform the other. That said, overall, a Money Market Fund tends to be the better saving avenue.

The advantage that T-bills have over MMFs that may appeal to some is their locked-in- return feature. Some people don't like access to their savings as they will be tempted to withdraw them. If that's you, then instead of fixing your money with a banks' fixed deposit account.