Look At Things That Are Cheaper

Look at the things that are cheaper—for instance, gold is near its all-time high, while silver is 75 percent below its all-time high. Palladium is extremely cheap on a historic basis. This does not mean you buy silver or palladium, but this is where you start looking if you were looking at precious metals. Likewise with energy—natural gas is 70 or 80 percent below its all-time high—and when I give you these numbers, that’s without inflation. These are absolute numbers. So chances are, natural gas is going to have a better future than oil. Or it may not. Who knows?

In agriculture, the ones that are really depressed would be the place to look. For instance, sugar has quadrupled in the last few years, but it is still 75 percent—or whatever huge number—below its all-time high. There’s also coffee and orange juice. All of this stuff is 70 to 80 percent below its all-time high. I’m not saying prices can’t go down, but if I were looking for things to invest in, that’s where I’d start to look.

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Natural Gas And Oil

Likewise with energy, natural gas is 70 or 80 percent below its all-time high and when I give you these numbers, that’s without inflation. These are absolute numbers. So chances are, natural gas is going to have a better future than oil.

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Related Stocks: Chesapeake Energy Corporation (Public, NYSE:CHK), SandRidge Energy Inc. (Public, NYSE:SD), Devon Energy Corporation (Public, NYSE:DVN)

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Known Reserves Of Oil Have Peaked

I know that known reserves of oil are in decline. There’s not much question about that. There may be gigantic amounts of oil out there somewhere, but we don’t know where. But even if it’s there, if it’s in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, that’s not doing us much good because it will take decades and staggering amounts of money for it to come onstream. I know that known reserves of oil have peaked, yes. But whether total reserves of oil have peaked, I have no way of knowing—I’m not a geologist and I’m not smart enough.

Related ETF`s and stocks: United States Oil Fund LP (ETF) (Public, NYSE:USO), iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return (Public, NYSE:OIL), Exxon Mobil Corporation (Public, NYSE:XOM), ConocoPhillips (Public, NYSE:COP), Marathon Oil Corporation (Public, NYSE:MRO), Transocean LTD (Public, NYSE:RIG)

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In 20 Years, There Won`t Be Oil At Any Price

"Doing simple arithmetic will tell you that in 20 years, there won’t be any oil at any price."

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Precious Metals Are Very Depressed On A Historical Basis

"Precious metals are very depressed on a historic basis. While gold is making all time highs in euros and in some currencies, I'll much rather buy silver than gold these days. But I'm not selling my gold."

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Financial Reform (Video)

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Topics: Financial reform, banks.

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The Risks Of Katla`s Eruption. Buy Agriculture.

"If that happens, you're going to see a lot of disruption in the world economy … you better buy all the agriculture commodities you can if that happens"

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The Key Systemic Risk Is Sovereign Debt

"Sitting around here saying all these bankers are causing all our problems? No, Greece is bigger than nearly all the banks in the world. Spain, Portugal, United States…that's where the risk is."

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Greece And The Euro Implications

"If Greece went bankrupt, it will clean up the system, the euro will go down for a while but then in my view, the euro will be a very strong currency"


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Financial Regulation And Sovereign Debt Risks

"If it was regulated industries which caused the problems, we don't need more regulations, you need competent regulators.

Sitting around here saying all these bankers are causing all our problems? No, Greece is bigger than nearly all the banks in the world. Spain, Portugal, United States…that's where the risk is."

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Euro Currency And Greece: Let Greece Go Bankrupt

"If Greece went bankrupt, it will clean up the system, the euro will go down for a while but then in my view, the euro will be a very strong currency"

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Video Interview: US Dollar, Stocks, Gold

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“Prices are going to get worse because Mr. Bernanke and the people in Washington are spending gigantic amounts of money which we don’t have, and someobody has to pay for this. There’s no free lunch.”

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The Market Could Be Setting Itself For a 15-20% Correction

"Any market that goes up this much, this fast, this steadily without a correction - it's not normal. When that sort of thing happens, the market could be setting itself up for a 15-20%"

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Why Move To Asia

"Moving to Asia now is like moving to New York City in 1907"

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If I Were Buying Energy, I Would Buy Natural Gas

"If I were buying energy, I would probably buy natural gas rather than oil just because it’s so depressed. I don’t like to buy when things are up. I like to buy things when down, when people are unhappy that’s when I like to buy things."

Related ETF`s: United States Natural Gas Fund, LP (Public, NYSE:UNG)

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I Am Watching. We Will Know If We Will Have A Market Correction Next Week.

"Markets are overdue for a correction. Any market that goes up this much, this fast, this steadily without correction - it's not normal. When that sort of things happens, the market could be setting itself up for a 15 - 20% correction.

When the markets are ready for a correction, something will come along...(Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Public, NYSE:GS)) the straw that breaks the camel's back.

What I am doing is watching. If this is going to be the beginning of a correction...we will know how the markets does next week, by Thursday, I suspect."

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If China Lets The Currency Float, Lots Of People Will Benefit.

"China knows as well as I do they cannot have a major world economy with a fixed currency. I hope the Chinese will let it float. Lots of people will benefit."

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The Fed Has Laid The Groundwork For Serious Inflation

"The Federal Reserve has laid the groundwork for some serious inflation down the road by printing all this money. So have many other central banks. We're going to be paying more for just about everything down the road."

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Yuan`s Rise Will Help Inflation In China

"Lots of people will benefit if the yuan goes up. Everything they import will go down in price. That will help inflation a great deal in China. They do have an inflation problem."

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I Hope The Chinese Will Let It Float

“China knows that they cannot have a major world economy with a blocked currency. Whether the yuan is overvalued or undervalued against the dollar, I hope the market will let us know. I hope the Chinese will let it float.”

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Latest Bloomberg Video Interview

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Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings, talks with Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin about China's yuan policy and calls for the mainland to allow the currency to appreciate. Speaking from Singapore, Rogers also discusses the outlook for global economies, currencies and the commodities market. Bloomberg's Paul Gordon and Patricia Lui also speak.

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Compounding Is The Magic Of Investing

"The losses will kill you. They ruin your compounding rate, and compounding is the magic of investing."

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I Like To Buy What Is Cheapest

"I like to buy what's cheapest. Silver is cheaper than gold, on a historical basis; natural gas is cheaper than oil."

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Chinese Currency And The US

“What China should do this afternoon is make the currency completely convertible and have an open economy. The Chinese were opening up slowly and gradually in their own way (before the crisis). I think that would have continued, but every time the Americans slap them in the face they get angry. I would, too, and I’m a little surprised that the US doesn’t seem to understand that better.”

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Index Investing Versus Active Management

"Index investing outperforms active management year after year."

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