Ericsson wrote:@Sparkly
That's true couple that with a struggling economy where we had to borrow sh.60bn from China to pay contractors.
Heavy volumes on equity bank today 10.29mn shares traded so far.
Apart from it and safaricom no other counter has traded more that a million shares.
The economy is in dire straits. The fact that banks are some of the stocks that have tanked the hardest yet their numbers and books still appear rosy says a lot.
The interbank market is dead or not as vibrant as it used to be. If the banks are cautious/hesitant in lending to each other what happens to liquidity and credit expansion?
Those loan books have been on an ever rising trajectory since 2002, what happens when the charge-offs start to be administered? I don't think the reset is complete.
The govt will on the other hand choke the life out of the private sector since external borrowing is becoming pricier and unsustainable. It is possible we will end up with another bout of a weakening KES and rising interest rates.
The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many people as possible.