You need to learn to read the charts. Learn to draw simple trendlines to help you see the stock market direction. Donot sell your stocks. Thats all i can with give you complicatd technical analysis.

And was that scream an orgasm ? Lol

Over 20-30years nothing provides more returns than stocks... DONT SELL ALL!!

@Mkeiyd:True land has gone up over the past 10 years by staggering multiples.The drivers have been urbanization, increased incomes and greater regional and foreign interest in Kenya and Nairobi.

If land was doing so well in 2012 how come the posts that Wazuans have on selling the plots are few and far between? compare the posts selling plots in 2010/2011 and those put up in 2012.

Ask any mzee in the 80s and early 90s land didn't double in 1 year.Simply because demographics , credit availability and a closed economy ensured there wasn't much you could do on urban land.why build flats in Rongai when NHC was building Bungalows in Langata?

If you expect land prices to keep rising at the same rate for the next 5 years as the period 2005-2011 you are in for a RUDE SHOCK.

Don't forget at the height of the Japanese Bubble in the late 80s the grounds of the imperial palace were more valuable than the Whole of California( Think Google,Apple and Hollywood locations) there was even a Wesley snipes flick with the Japanese having colonised USA some time in the 1990s.

@Wanyina: Timing is everything in getting into asset classes.Thats why sovereign wealth funds don't put everything in land.Put your portfolio on Wazua and the community will help you decide;@coldtusker, @the deal are good at that.

The stock market can move sideways for a long time.the US market mmoved sideways from the let 60s to 1982.Then the big bull run ocured for more than 10 years.Gordon Gekko, et al

Remember the wananchi that bought EABL and BAT in the IPOs of early 1970s sat for 15 years before harvesting but the harvest they got and are still getting is huge.

Get a good Stockbroker to advise-pay if necessary.If you had Ksh 20,000 of EABL in 2003 its now valued at Ksh 200,00 at least and you get approx Ksh 10,000 in dividend.If you bought Motor- Mart in 1992 you now have a worthless share certificate.It collapsed and toyota took over its franchise.

Cash out of your spectacular land gains and spread the cash in land and other asset classes.

I think there was a topic some time back about a couple who bought a house in Buruburu in 1986 and a couple who invested in the BBK IPO around that time. The house in buru came to 8m and the BBK stocks came to 12m after factoring the splits, bonuses and dividends. Long term stocks rule

@mkeiyd: I understood you but wazua has some folks who CAN make it a general rule that Real estate is better than stocks.

@mkonomtupu- i didn't want to use Barclays-oft quoted.Multiples for Equity-since private placement and ARM are crazier in a shorter time.