Shares are often surrounded by mystique but the principle behind them is simple and straightforward. Shares provide you with part-ownership of a company so when you invest in shares; you are buying a ‘part’ of that business. Companies issue shares to raise money and investors buy shares in a business because they believe the company will do well and they want to ‘share’ in its success. There are many emerging successful Companies in Kenya like Safaricom and The Famous GFC Sacco endeavours to invest in such.