Chanda Kochhar Quotes

We don't understand the equity market well, and so we deploy funds in fixed-income securities, and like any other securities, investment in those securities also need to follow the mark-to-market accounting principle.

hybrid, n. A pooled issue.

I like to invest in companies where I can really add value from my experience, network, etc., so checking out my portfolio of other investments, and my background, will generally give some guidance there.

We monitor close to 50 companies globally that can be potential investment opportunities. I'd like to see DST as a significant global investment company in the Internet arena.

Because of my own experience with market fluctuation, I recognize the great risks one takes on investments. This converts the Social Security safety net into a risky proposition many cannot afford to take.

I've just done a commercial in the U.S. in which I talk about stocks, shares and bonds. Everyone is amazed. They ask me: 'You really know about that stuff or did you just learn it for the commercial?' I tell them I wouldn't do it unless I understood and had an interest.

The government can’t guarantee that you should earn profit from your investments.

I hated being a junior investment banker. I loved the research business, the wealth management business.

The investor's primary interest lies in acquiring and holding suitable securities at suitable prices.

What you really want to do in investments is figure out what's important and knowable. If it's unimportant or unknowable you forget about it.

There is no staff. I make all the investment decisions and I do all my own analysis.

Investment students need only two well-taught courses - How to Value a Business and How to Think About Market Prices

Market risk is like taking a plunge into a cool pool ... a lot of people are finding out right now what their risk tolerance is.

I think corporate managers should learn to be better investors because it would make them better managers.

Diversification is an established tenet of conservative investment.

I don't know about technology and I don't know about finance and accounting.

Beta and modern portfolio theory and the like - none of it makes any sense to me.

Sometimes, when there's too much traffic clogging up the road you need to take a different route. But following the same path as everyone else can stall your progress in reaching your investment goals too.

Investing is not as tough as being a top-notch bridge player. All it takes is the ability to see things as they really are.

As far as you are concerned, the stock market does not exist. Ignore it.

Of our 49 billion, we haven't moved any to Bitcoin

Diversification is your buddy.

The investment game always involves considering both quality and price, and the trick is to get more quality than you pay for in price. It's just that simple.

Even defensive portfolios should be changed from time to time, especially if the securities purchased have an apparently excessive advance and can be replaced by issues much more reasonable priced.

To say accounting for derivatives is Americais a sewer is an insult to sewage.