Shares Portfolio February 2014

Compared to last quarter, the portfolio is up 0.13% while the NSE 20 share index is down by 5.25% since  November 2013.

The Stable

Barclays ↓

Bralirwa (Rwanda) ↓

Centum  (ICDCI) ↑

Diamond Trust ↑

East African Portland Cement ↓

Equity Bank ↓

KCB ↓

Kenya Airways  ↓

Kenya Oil ↓

Safaricom ↑

Scangroup ↓

Stanbic (Uganda) ↑

Unga ↑

Changes

In: None

Out: None

Increase: Kenya Airways

Decrease: Diamond Trust

Best performer: Centum (up 22% this quarter), then Diamond Trust (14%), Safaricom 6% 

Worst performer: Scangroup (down 15% this quarter), then Kenya Airways  (-14%), KCB (-10%)

Looking Forward To 

- Bank profits & dividends, though it's going to be a rough year 

- Diamond Trust rights issue.

- More M&A deals that involve listed companies like Centum.

- The downward trend echoes back to 5 years ago  when every share was down, and Diamond Trust was the best performer by only losing 8%. Since then, it is up 229%.