Shares Portfolio August 2012

Comparing to last quarter  and a  year ago.   

The StableBarclays ↑
Bralirwa (Rwanda) ↑
Diamond Trust Bank ↓
East African Breweries (EABL) ↑
Equity Bank ↔
Kenya Airways ↓
Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) ↑
Kenya Oil Company (Kenol) ↑
Safaricom ↑
Scangroup ↑
Stanbic (Uganda) ↓
 

Review 

The portfolio, excluding new shares, is up 11% since May 2012 while the Nairobi Shares Exchange main index is up 6% over the same period.

• Best Performer: Kenol (up 23% in 3 months), Bralirwa 14%)
•  Worst Performer: Diamond Trust (down 8% in 3 months), Kenya Airways (after the rights issue that yielded
• In: Equity Bank - read a recent  Equity Bank analysis report.
• Out: Britak, Uchumi
• Increase: Took up all of the Diamond Trust Bank rights
• Decrease: none
• Unexpected gains/losses: Kenol suspension was listed, Bonus share of Stanbic Uganda bonus was issued (4 new for every existing share)
• Looking Forward to more listings like the one announced today from Umeme - a monopoly electricity distributor from Uganda that is 100% owned by Actis,  and which plans to have an IPO in Uganda and Kenya later this year.