I have far less than what people think, but far more than I need.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALANot being dogmatic has helped me become a better stock-picker.
More Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Quotes
-
-
Bull markets have valuation froth and bull markets have commitment forth. Now just by valuation froth, bull markets do not end.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
I reflected a lot, I thought a lot on my 50th birthday. It has been one of the most important birthdays in my life, not in terms of celebration but in terms of retrospect.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
In a marriage, in a relationship there should not be your money and my money. It has to be our money.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
In India, one has to have faith in equity. What are the alternatives – real estate, debt? If debt can give you 6 percent, equity can give you 15 percent.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
I know film industry is not a very healthy place to be in.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
There has to be a period of consolidation in the IT industry. Similarly in pharma, I think India is going to be a world power. We have the lowest cost, good technology, Indian companies are gaining size.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
I am an optimist by nature and I reserve the right to be wrong.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
I don’t think Indian e-commerce companies have an evolved business model.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
The journey to limit crony capitalism: It’s a journey, it’s not a destination. Slowly but surely, in India, crony capitalism has died and governance is what brings about real growth.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
What India needs is ease of doing business and inherent faith in the ability of Indians to catch an opportunity.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
I do not think, like people say, that I am a guru or I know everything.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
The markets are like a weather; you may not like it but you have to bear it.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
People will laugh at me, but when they ask me to make a wish for the next life, I will say I want the same parents, same brother and sister, same wife, same friends.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
The government needs to send out a message to the business community that ‘we are on your side.’
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
You know, a balance-sheet is like a bikini, it shows more but it hides what is vital. I learnt to read a balance sheet and then I got fascinated by stocks.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
I don’t want to lecture anybody, I would only say this to my fellow people would be to give, however small. Give what your pocket permits. I don’t think a person who is giving Rs 10, is giving less than me.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
In my 25-30 years of experience in the markets, just as you cannot have a good relationship with a woman by bullying her, you cannot have a good relationship with the market by trying to bully it or say that you are the king. Market is king.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
I am very opinionated and sometimes a very irritating character but, I have learnt that the quest to learn is a journey, not a destination.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
I don’t understand the business models of Flipkart and Uber. See no logic in people saying business models like that of Flipkart will flourish but that of D-Mart will not.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
Everything which is good in life is dicey, including pretty girls.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
I want to give more time to my children, my family, to my health.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
I think when markets go up and there is no manipulation in markets and people question the market going up and it keeps going up, that is a true bull market.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
Impossible is the word for fools in my dictionary.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
Not being dogmatic has helped me become a better stock-picker.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
Films are getting expensive by the day. They are making more money by the day.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA -
You cannot artificially curb gold imports beyond a point. But I am hopeful it will happen because the rupee depreciation should by itself lead to a large growth in exports and some compression of imports.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALA