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Monday 4 June 2012

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Quotes

“If a girl is beautiful a suitor will come. If a stock is beautiful, a suitor will come. So I don’t search for suitors when I buy the stock.”

“I have learnt two things about the press and wives. When they say something – don’t react.”

“India will remain in a phase of very good economic growth for the next 30 years.”

“Markets are like women — always commanding, mysterious, unpredictable and volatile.”

“Anticipate trend and benefit from it. Traders should go against human nature.”


“ Successful investors are opportunistic and optimistic ones.”

“The mother of bull all runs is still to come.”

“I have two-three dreams in life. The first dream is that when I die and only truth of life is death, how many people come to my funeral and say, a good man has died. That is the greatest ambition in my life. Second thing is I want to earn the greatest wealth of the world in the most legitimate manner; practical legitimate manner and leave the largest part of it to charity.”

“Respect the market. Have an open mind. Know what to stake. Know when to take a loss. Be responsible.”

“Growth comes out of chaos.”

“Market is above individuals. The market is rational. An individual can never be smarter than the market.”

“Maximise profits and minimise losses.”

“Invest in a business not a company.”

“Emotional investment is a sure way to make loss in stock markets.”

“If in doubt, listen to your heart.”

“The country has rediscovered its confidence.”

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”(Goethe)
“Aspire, but never envy.”

“Be paranoid of success — never take it for granted. Realise success can be temporary and transient.”

“Build a fighting spirit — take the bad with the good.”

“When you see a horizon, it seems so distant. When you reach that horizon, you will realize how many more horizons are within reach.”

“Have some cash in hand so that you can grab the opportunity when it occurs.”

“Blindly following stock picks by big investors is not a wise thing to do.”

“Look at the sources of Profits. What are the reasons that will give rise to Profits in the medium and long-term term”.

“Look at the factors and circumstances that will create an opportunity for business in the sector”.

“If there is value in Large Cap, buy it. If there is value in Small Cap, buy it. But don’t obsess on irrelevant matters”

“Give your investments time to mature. Be Patient for the World to discover your gems”.

“Never get carried away by aberrations, recognize and respect them but do remember that the market corrects its aberration though it takes time.”

“Don’t worry about things that you neither know about nor can do anything about. It’s not important. Instead focus your energies on what you can and should know well enough – the business of the company you are investing in“.

“Never in my life have I not made an investment because the stock is not popular. In fact I like to make the investment when the stock is not popular.”

“vadhere vadhare levanu vadhare vadhare beichavanu”-Buy as the market is rising sell as the market is falling.

“Like wives markets are always right. With wives you can argue but with markets you can’t.
“If the Indian economy performs well, the money will come from Timbaktu, but it will come,”

“In trading, we make mistakes everyday. You know one author once said beautifully, that it’s not  important that you are right or wrong in trading; it’s important how much you lose when you are wrong and how much you make when you are right.”

“You know, trading always keeps you on your feet, it keeps you alert. That’s one of the reasons why I like to trade.First thing I’ve learnt is that markets work. They are the best mechanism to build societies.”

“Either don’t come to markets or don’t regret what you have done.”

“Teji me sab ka bol bala, mandi me sab ka muh kala.”

“I only make mistakes, which I can afford, where I can lift to begin again.”

“You do not succeed without obsession.”

“The market is supreme.”

“With time, everything changes and passes. Find the excesses.”

“As a rule in trading never ever average.”

“Always know what to stake and when to take a loss.”

“Make the investment when the stock is not popular.”

“The prettiest part of the stock is that it has to be cheap – the entry point.”

“Do not invest in those cheap stock which will give huge returns when your children are grown up.Think about a reasonable time also.”

“Hold on to a stock only if will give returns and not become emotionally attached to it.”

“In the market you have to be like a chameleon, always changing your colours and going with the trend. You’re lost if try to go against it.”

“See the world as it is, rather than what you would like it to be.”

“When opportunities come, they can come through technology, marketing, brands, value protections, capital, etc. You need to be able to spot those.”

“Invest in the small caps, which will be the large caps. The biggest challenge of investing is that you should recognise whether organization has the ability to scale.”

“I have far less than people think, but far more than I need.”

“I initially wanted to become a broker, but I didn’t have the capital to be a broker, so I started investing.”

“Markets make excesses but those excesses come to an end.You have to judge how long will that excess last and when will it end.We will try and make money both ways.”

“Trading is against human nature.”

“You have to lose many a battle to win the war”. (Churchill)

“My decision to aggressively invest in the asset class of Indian equities at the right time was a very important determinant of my success.”

” Value investing is relevant in all circumstances. But thought processes and principles are dynamic and not static. Be open to change.”

“If you see an opportunity, grab it today!

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