The stock exchange market is one of the fundamental ways of investing in modern economies. Most other investment vehicles will normally have stocks as an underlying asset. Stocks, also referred to as shares, enable individuals and corporations to own a chunk of established limited and listed corporations. The ease of trading and ease of entry makes it an ideal investment especially for the ad hock investor. If you would want to be a prudent investor in both the mid term (3 to 5 years) and in the long term (more than 5 years), then shares is the place to be.

All you need to do is open an Account with our stock brokers HERE and then send money to your account and buy the stocks with an appreciation potential. Loading your account is easy - You can deposit cash in the stockbrokers bank account or "Buy Goods" under the MPESA's LIPA na MPESA service. This is easy and you will not be charged any further fees. You can send money and buy shares as often as you want and buy shares with as low as KES 100. If you consistently put aside funds to shares especially when the stock market is lowly priced, you will find that with time, you will have build a large and appreciated portfolio. You can then use the funds to build a rental house, settle long term debts such as mortgages or use funds as capital for business.

Stocks are especially ideal for mid to long term periods as it is not easy to predict the price changes in the short term. However, if you invest in promising and sound businesses on the stock exchange, you are bound to profit over time. In fact, well invested shares are known to have the highest return on investment in the long term.

Any wealthy individual either locally in the Kenyan market or in the rest of the world will usually have invested heavily in stocks. In fact, most wealthy individuals make their financial breakthrough by investing wisely in stocks. This is because demand for stocks grows exponentially thus giving stock owners exploded returns on investments during bull markets.

Therefore, the secret is to invest when the market is low and shares are lowly priced and then sell off the shares when the market has grown and the stocks have significantly increased in price. Within the period, you also get to enjoy the dividends and bonuses paid out by the listed companies to their stock holders.