Russian investor compared to phoenix, fish and donkey
Top managers and officials at the Moscow Financial Forum were asked what animal the Russian investor looked like. They in response called different animals - from bull to honey badger
The Russian investor is like a phoenix, a donkey, a honey badger, a bull, a fish and a bee. Speakers at the session “Russian Assets: Frighteningly Interesting” at the Moscow Financial Forum answered the moderator’s question about which animal an investor can be compared to. RBC Investments monitored the broadcast.
Chairman of the Board of the Moscow exchange Viktor Zhidkov is sure that the Russian investor looks like a phoenix bird. This is how many of our Russian investors have already been said to have disappeared. And he is reborn, explained his choice of Zhidkov.
Deputy Finance Minister Vladimir Kolychev named two animals at once: a donkey and a honey badger. “The first option is a donkey because he is very hardworking. In fact, it is such a symbol of humility, Jesus came on a donkey. This is required, I think, by the Russian investor, Kolychev explained.
In turn, the honey badger is fearless and can fight animals much larger than itself. Kolychev also added that the honey badger, with all his fearlessness, can adapt and he manages to live long.
Irina Krivosheeva, Chairman of the Board, Director General of Alfa-Capital, compared the Russian investor with a bull: “Hope for market growth, bright positive attitude, cheerfulness of spirit – this is probably typical for Russian investors,” she said.
At the same time, VTB First Deputy Chairman Dmitry Pyanov believes that the Russian investor tends to overestimate short-term information, and long-term, on the contrary, underestimate. “He is short-sighted on the one hand and has a short memory on the other. A short-sighted animal with a short memory, so that it is not offensive to the investor. Let it be a fish, said Pyanov to the question of the moderator.
First Deputy Chairman of Sovcombank Sergey Khotimsky agreed that it takes a lot of effort to invest in the Russian market. Therefore, he compared the Russian investor with a bee, which in constant care transfers pollen from flower to flower. “Liquidity now depends very much on the actions of small investors – our market would simply dry up in general, if not for the huge efforts that millions of people invest,” Khotimsky concluded.
In the summer, Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov on RBC Radio compared Russian shares with a hidden tiger, which is preparing for a powerful leap forward. And in early September, participants of the Eastern Economic Forum explained how the Russian economy looks like a camel, a snow leopard, a double-headed eagle, a polar bear and a turtle.
