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10 quotes by John W. Rogers, Jr.

John Washington Rogers, Jr. (born March 31, 1958) is an investor who founded Ariel Capital Management (now Ariel Investments, LLC) in 1983. He is chairman and CEO of the company, which is the United States' largest minority-run mutual fund firm. He has been a regular contributor to Forbes magazine for most of the last decade. Active in the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign, Rogers was a leader of the 2009 Inauguration committee. Rogers was...
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Financial literacy is just as important in life as the other basics.

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My mom was the first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Chicago Law School, in 1946. She had leadership roles in the law, in... →

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My father was a Tuskegee Airmen captain in the Air Force and a very strong personality. He believed in fairness and ethics and living up to the... →

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Become that rare person where people know that your word is your bond and you're going to do exactly what you say you're going to do.

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I really did believe that the most successful investments were the ones that you could own for the long run.

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There's no statistical evidence that human beings have an ability to move in and out of the markets effectively. It's next to impossible.

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It is very different trying to help a community organization than trying to sell yourself or sell a product.

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Sports were a big part of my life. I was the captain of the basketball team in high school, and captain of the basketball team at Princeton.

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The most important thing is to stay the course - not to get shaken out of the market during a difficult time.

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I don't even have a computer in my office. If I had e-mail, I'd never take the time to read research or absorb information. I want to think... →

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