I’m not a clone of anybody. I’m Rakesh Jhunjhunwala.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALAWhen the food at home is so tasty, why go out and eat?
More Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Quotes
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I am not giving so much of my wealth that I should feel that I am a philanthropist.
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I am interested in government spend quality, as it accounts for the biggest chunk of the social spending pie. Hundreds of foundations put together cannot equal what the government can spend.
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When people talk to you in such glowing terms, that is the time to be very, very alert because the worst of the mistakes are made in the best of the times.
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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.
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If you have a company called x and today you feel the price is very high. Next year it could perform very well but the price may not perform. So in the stock market what happens is buy on the rumor, sell on the news.
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When there’s doom and gloom, don’t forget there’s darkness before dawn.
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What is too popular may not be profitable. Don’t invest in B2C companies, instead invest in B2B companies.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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In commodities, when prices go up, demand goes down. In stocks, when prices go up, demand goes up.
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The biggest quest to learn anything is curiosity. If you are curious about something, you will go and dig.
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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.
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But I can tell you markets are like women, always commanding, always mysterious, always volatile, always exciting and it is not a joke.
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The first stock I bought was Tata Tea, the first stock where I made big money was also Tata Tea.
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