The first stock I bought was Tata Tea, the first stock where I made big money was also Tata Tea.
RAKESH JHUNJHUNWALAI am not afraid of making mistakes. But my mistakes were those that I could afford. That’s very important: mistakes will happen but you must ensure that you keep them within limits you can afford.
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My personal opinion is that when the economy does well, anybody who has a deposit franchise will survive and grow because how can you lend if you do not have a deposit franchise?
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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.
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I am not afraid of making mistakes. But my mistakes were those that I could afford. That’s very important: mistakes will happen but you must ensure that you keep them within limits you can afford.
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The government needs to send out a message to the business community that ‘we are on your side.’
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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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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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My father was also interested in stocks. When I was a young child, he and his friends would drink in the evening and discuss about the stock market.
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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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It is not that Covid is going to impede the progress of humanity. It is not as much a changing event as it was being predicted, according to me.
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I think true love – love, wine and beauty, they better with age.
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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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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.
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Ultimately savings have to go somewhere and I think they will find their home in financial markets and within financial markets, a large part in equity.
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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.
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My father was always not concerned about the wealth I have, but every year he would ask me, how much have you given in charity? And how much taxes have you paid?
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