Prepare For A Lost Decade Or More

"Prepare for a lost decade or more" - in RT.com

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Eventually, The Creditors Are Going To Say "No More, That Is The End Of The Line"

The US is the biggest debtor nation in the history of the world. This cannot go on forever. Eventually, the creditors are going to say "no more, that is the end of the line".

If you think the problems are bad now, you wait till we do not have any more credit, you wait till the currency collapses, interest rates going through the roof, inflation going through the roof. It`s not going to be a pretty picture. There is going to be social unrest. It`s going to be a mess.

The sooner we deal with it, the better.

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Debt Talks - A Charade

RT.com video interview: Debt Talks A Charade, US Will Still Spend And Drive Debt

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I Own The US Dollar Because Everyone Is So Pessimistic About It

I own the US dollar because everyone is so pessimistic about it, and usually when that happens something comes along to cause a rally. Everybody sold the dollar under the current scenario, and that could well change. - in BusinessInsider

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I’m Short United States Government Bonds

I’m short United States government bonds, long term bonds. I wouldn’t lend money to the United States in US dollars for 30 years at three or four or five, or you name the interest rate. - in WSJ

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Jim Rogers is an author, financial commentator and successful international investor. He has been frequently featured in Time, The New York Times, Barron’s, Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and is a regular guest on Bloomberg and CNBC.

Debt Ceiling: I Don’t Expect Them To Have Real Spending Cuts

I don’t expect them to have real spending cuts. They have been talking about this for 40 years, talking about how they are going to solve the problem of the deficit. Remember the Grace Commission? Remember the Gramm-Rudman act? The Gramm-Rudman act said we couldn’t have deficit spending 25 years ago. They forgot about that. - in the WSJ

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The Investment World Knows That The U.S. Is Not AAA

Everyone already knows that the U.S. has lost its AAA status. Anyone who knows what is going on, already knows that the U.S. is now the biggest debtor nation in the history of the world. It’s only S&P and Moody’s that haven’t figured out what is going on. The investment world knows that the U.S. is not AAA. - in the WSJ

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Latest WSJ Video Interview, July 25

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I Am Short The US Bond Market As We Speak

The US has already lost its AAA status. Who cares what Moody's say. I am short The US bond market as we speak. - in WSJ

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The Keys To Success

“Find your passion, focus and persevere”. - in a Singapore Conference, July 21th

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EU Leaders Are Just Doing The Same Thing

EU leaders are just doing the same thing, but they are making the problem worse. This does not change anything from what I have said about the euro before. - in Investment Week

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When Everybody Is Bearish On Something It Is Usually A Time To Own It

“I bought Japanese shares when the tsunami came, I think I am probably going to buy some more. I own the U.S. Dollar. It has been terribly beaten down. Everybody is bearish on the U.S Dollar including me. It’s fundamentally a terribly flawed currency. But when everybody is bearish on something it is usually a time to own it.” - in Barron`s Blog

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Bottoms In The Investment World Don`t End In 4 Years

Bottoms in the investment world don't end with four-year lows; they end with 10- or 15-year lows. - in Brainy Quotes

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I Have No Idea What Can Cause The Bond Market To Rally

"I have no idea what can cause the bond market to rally but I don't think it will rally any time soon." - in FT Adviser

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I Could Count On One Hand The Number Of Times I've Been Presented With An Investment Opportunity That Guarantees Success No Matter What Direction The Economy Takes

"I do believe I could count on one hand the number of times I've been presented with an investment opportunity that guarantees success no matter what direction the economy takes. If the world economy gets better, I earn my money on commodities. If the global economy gets worse, then they will print more money and I will make money in commodities. - in istockanalyst

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Moody's Has No Clue, US Downgrade Long Overdue

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If There Is Some News On The Budget, The Bond Market Might Rally, But It’s A False Rally

If there is some news on the budget, the bond market might rally, but it’s a false rally. We have serious problems in the United States. - in CNBC

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I Am Long Commodities, Short Emerging Markets And Technology In The US

I happen to be long commodities and short emerging markets and technology in the United States. I am also long currencies, I am short a major American bank and short bonds. It looks as though we are going to have a period of turmoil for a while. A market I am looking at is Japan; I own the Yen. I bought Japanese shares when the tsunami came, I think I am probably going to buy some more.

I own the U.S. Dollar. It has been terribly beaten down. Everybody is bearish on the U.S Dollar including me. It’s fundamentally a terribly flawed currency. But when everybody is bearish on something it is usually a time to own it.

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Fox Business Video Interview

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The US Is Going To Default One Way Or Another

We are going to default one way or the other but they may not call it a default. You can inflate your currency and pay people back in worthless money, so it can happen. - in FoxBusiness

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Jim Rogers is an author, financial commentator and successful international investor. He has been frequently featured in Time, The New York Times, Barron’s, Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and is a regular guest on Bloomberg and CNBC.

They Will Probably Raise The Debt Ceiling And Announce Some Kind Of Wonderful Deal, Which They Will Promptly Ignore

They will probably raise the debt ceiling and announce some kind of wonderful deal, which they will promptly ignore. The United States is not going close down. It might be good for the world if the United States closed down for a while, but I can’t see that happening. Something will happen, things will look better, but then in six months or a year, things will be worse again. - in My Loans Consolidated

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I Bought Japanese Shares When The Tsunami Came, I Think I Am Probably Going To Buy Some More.

“I bought Japanese shares when the tsunami came, I think I am probably going to buy some more. I own the U.S. Dollar. It has been terribly beaten down. Everybody is bearish on the U.S Dollar including me. It’s fundamentally a terribly flawed currency. But when everybody is bearish on something it is usually a time to own it.” - in blogs.barrons.com

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Mining Stocks Vs. Owning The Metals

If you pick the right miner or the right oil company or the right anything you are going to make a lot more money than you will owning the metal, there is no question about that. But studies show that you are better off owning the metals themselves rather than the miners or the oil companies. - in CNBC

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Carbon Tax Impact On Miners

"I would not pay much attention to that because any taxes will be passed on by the miners because the world is having shortages of nearly every metal."

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There Are No Sound Currencies Anymore

"There are no sound currencies anymore" - in CNBC

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Commodities Are In Win-Win Situation

“If the world economy gets better, I earn money on commodities. If the global economy gets worse then they will print more money and I will make money in commodities.” - in CNBC

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Latest CNBC Video Interview

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When You Have A Leak In Your Roof, You`d Better Fix It, As It`s Sure To Cost You More Later

A main tenet of my philosophy is that when you have a leak in your roof, you`d better fix it, as it`s sure to cost you more later. Unfortunately, another lesson history teaches us is that little reform happens until it`s forced on people. - in Investment Biker

Jim Rogers is an author, financial commentator and successful international investor. He has been frequently featured in Time, The New York Times, Barron’s, Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and is a regular guest on Bloomberg and CNBC.

Shorting 30-Year Treasury Bonds

I cannot imagine or conceive lending money to the United States government for 30-years at 3, 4, 5 or 6 percent — you pick a number — in U.S. dollars.

There may be rallies, I may be forced to cover, I probably will cover somewhere along the line, but I'm short the bond and plan somewhere in the next week, month or year to short a lot of them. - in CNBC

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Jim Rogers is an author, financial commentator and successful international investor. He has been frequently featured in Time, The New York Times, Barron’s, Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and is a regular guest on Bloomberg and CNBC.

Governments Are Terrible At Engendering Prosperity And Wealth

There are many legitimate functions governments must handle, most involving public safety, such as those of national defense, police and fire protection, air traffic, the inspection of buildings and food, and flood control. It`s just that after a century of experiments we can now see clearly that governments are terrible at engendering prosperity and wealth. - in Investment Biker

Jim Rogers is an author, financial commentator and successful international investor. He has been frequently featured in Time, The New York Times, Barron’s, Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and is a regular guest on Bloomberg and CNBC.

How Can A Country Become Prosperous Without Prosperous Businesses?

How can a country become prosperous without prosperous businesses? Have there ever been prosperous businesses without entrepreneurs having the guts to risk their capital, time, and energy to increase their wealth? Isn`t this so elementary, self evident?

To take its rightful place in the global marketplace, each country needs to develop its own competitive advantage, its own products that it produces cheaper and better than any other. - in Investment Biker

Jim Rogers is an author, financial commentator and successful international investor. He has been frequently featured in Time, The New York Times, Barron’s, Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and is a regular guest on Bloomberg and CNBC.

Every Country, Every Family, Every Individual Has Setbacks As They Rise

"Every country, every family, every individual has setbacks as they rise. China is going to have some horrible setbacks. America had unbelievable setbacks as we rose." - in CNBC.com

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Zaire: The World`s Wettest Country

No country in the world is wetter than Zaire. If you need wate, all you have to do is put a bucket outside for a day. - in Investment Biker

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Let Greece Go Bankrupt

Through out history, when countries get on situations like this, the longer you delay reality, the longer you delay the inevitable, the worse it is in the end.

Look at Argentina 20 years ago. We could go on and on. Let Greece go bankrupt. - in Bloomberg

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Europe Is Bailing Out The European Banks, Not Greece

They are bailing out the european banks, they are not bailing out Greece. - in Bloomberg

Jim Rogers is an author, financial commentator and successful international investor. He has been frequently featured in Time, The New York Times, Barron’s, Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and is a regular guest on Bloomberg and CNBC.

I Still Own The Euro.

I still own the euro, it`s one of the currencies I own. The euro is in a much better fundamental situation than the US Dollar, which I also own. Europe has a balance of trade surplus for the most part, it`s not a large debtor entity, it has some large debtor entities within it. But no, Europe is not such a disaster. - in Bloomberg

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Even In Bull Markets There Are Big Corrections

If you look at crude oil, for instance, it has gone down over 50 percent three or four different times since 1998. That's what markets do, and they will continue to do that. - in Beacon Equity Research

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Jim Rogers is an author, financial commentator and successful international investor. He has been frequently featured in Time, The New York Times, Barron’s, Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and is a regular guest on Bloomberg and CNBC.