January 31, 2012

No Country Will Exit The Euro Zone This Year


CNBC video interview: No country will exit the euro zone this year but a solution to the debt crisis remains elusive, Jim Rogers, CEO and Chairman at Rogers Holdings, told CNBC

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Finance Is Going To Be A Terrible Place To Work In The Next 10 Years

Finance is going to be a terrible place to be for the next 10 years. No new big bonuses. - in CNBC

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You Should Panic By 2013 Or 2014

Maybe in 2013 you should panic and certainly by 2014 you should be panicked but 2012 will be better. - in CNBC

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January 30, 2012

Tech Stocks: I Don’t Buy High-Priced Stocks

I am interested in technology in some shape or form, but I can’t imagine buying any of them. They are a bit hot these days and they have been for two or three months, so that’s why I am short. I don’t buy high-priced stocks. - in CNBC, earlier today

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Facebook IPO: That Kind Of Stock I Don’t Buy.

No, that kind of stock I don’t buy. They are usually very, very expensive. A lot of people like to buy expensive stocks like that, but I do not.

It’s been demonstrated many, many times before that sellers are usually smarter than the buyers, and they usually know when the best time to sell is, and Facebook is doing it. - in CNBC

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January 29, 2012

Commitment And Total Dedication

I was totally absorbed and dedicated when I worked in Wall Street. - in Investment Biker

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January 28, 2012

Index Investing vs. Active Management

"Index investing outperforms active management year after year." - a famous Jim Rogers quote

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.

January 27, 2012

The Price Always Matches Supply & Demand

In the real world, real prices are the only mechanism that brings in the right amount of supply.

The price always matches supply and demand. That is what the price is, that matchup. - in Investment Biker

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January 26, 2012

Who Should Be The Next US President?


A recent interview, The Street.

Topics: US Presidential elections, Adam Smith, Ron Paul;

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January 25, 2012

Sugar Is Still 60 Percent Below It`s All Time High

"What else do you know that is 60 percent below its all-time high?" - in Interactive Investor, talking about Sugar

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January 24, 2012

Emerging Markets Outlook

All emerging markets ran up a lot in 2009 and 2010 and that is why I started shorting them, mainly on price because most of them just went up too much. - in Investment Week

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January 23, 2012

Marriage & Self-Knowledge

“Do not get married until you are at least 28 and know a bit more about yourself and the world.” - in A Gift To My Children

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January 22, 2012

Getting The Economy Juiced Up So They Can Win The Election

You have to remember the election in America in November...they do their best to get the economy juiced up so they can win the election. - in Business Insider

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January 21, 2012

2012 Asia-Pacific Commodity Outlook Conference

Jim Rogers, internationally known commodity expert and best-selling author, will be the keynote speaker for the 2012 Asia-Pacific Commodity Outlook Conference in Singapore, sponsored by CME Group.

The Outlook Conference will cover the supply and demand outlook for key agricultural and soft commodities; base and precious metals; energy products including petroleum and crude oil; and raw materials.

The conference, to be held February 22 and 23 at Singapore's Grand Hyatt Hotel, is intended for General, Finance, Operations, Purchasing and Sales executives anywhere in the commodity production chain, as well as for institutions that regard commodities as an asset class and are seeking insight that will help them make strategic decisions.

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January 20, 2012

Experts On China

"I find it interesting that people who couldn't spell China 10 years ago are now experts." - in Wall Street Pit

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January 19, 2012

Watch Out For 2013

There are 40 elections in 2012. Everybody is going to do their best to get us through the election. Watch out for 2013. - in Economic Times

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January 18, 2012

Brazil: Their New Government Is Making Many Mistakes

Brazil is wonderful and I am very bullish on commodities. These two are commodity countries, but Brazil is normally not a very well-managed country and their new government is making many mistakes and of course the market there was very high.

All emerging markets ran up a lot in 2009 and 2010 and that is why I started shorting emerging markets, mainly on price because most of them just went up too much.

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January 17, 2012

You Should Not Bother To Pay Any Attention To The Rating Agencies

It means that you should not bother to pay any attention to the rating agencies. Everything they have done in the past 15 or 20 years has been wrong. I stopped bothering about them long ago.

Everybody knows that France is no longer Triple-A, everybody knows that Italy is no longer as highly-rated as it used to be. The market knows all about this. This is not news. I know you have to report something, but this is not news to people in the market. - in RT.com

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Let People Go Bankrupt

The best way to get out of it is to go ahead and to let people go bankrupt, let the people who made mistakes take their losses, the banks who made the bad loans, the people who invested in the bad banks – they should take their losses and start over. - in RT.com

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January 16, 2012

Base Metals Outlook

I would suspect you are going to see base metals doing better because you have these elections and government spending and printing a lot of money. I am not selling any of my metals. I am not selling any of my commodities and certainly not my base metals. They were probably among the worst performers in 2011. They are overdue for a nice rally. - in Economic Times

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January 15, 2012

In The Long Term, Commodities Are Still In A Major Uptrend

Commodities prices may have been in a short term down, but on long term commodity prices are still in the major uptrend and that is going to continue. - in ET

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January 14, 2012

Watch out for 2013

They have postponed Armageddon (...) We discussed before here that 2013 and 2014 are what I am most worried about because this year everybody is trying to just get through the next election.

There are 40 elections in 2012. Everybody is going to do their best to get us through the election. Watch out for 2013.

(source: Economic Times)

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January 13, 2012

I Am Still Short India & Many Emerging Markets

I am still short on India. (...) Yes I love India as the most wonderful country in the world to visit as a tourist, but I am still short India. You have got serious problems there. Governments are always making mistakes. (...) I am short on other emerging markets as well. I am short on many emerging markets. - in an excerpt from a recent Economic Times interview

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It`s Election Year: You Are Going To See A Lot Of Good News

You have to remember one thing - election in America in November, so you are going to see a lot of good news. Of course you have the American government spending staggering amounts of money right now, printing a lot of money and getting ready for the election. It happens every four years in America. They do their best to get the economy juiced up so they can win the election. - in Economic Times

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January 11, 2012

People`s Mindset

A people`s mindset becomes wrapped up in the way things are. Even if people can believe something will happen a few years from now, they`ll still say, "Well, that`s in years, that ain`t now." - in Investment Biker

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January 10, 2012

Canadian Dollar: One Of The Best Currencies Around

The Canadian dollar is one of the best currencies around. - in CTV

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.

January 9, 2012

Experts On China

"I find it interesting that people who couldn't spell China 10 years ago are now experts." - in Wall Street Pit

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.

January 7, 2012

I Am Not Optimistic About 2012, 2013



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.

January 6, 2012

When There Is International Turmoil People Put Their Money In U.S. Dollars

People, rightly or wrongly, when there is international turmoil, put their money in U.S. dollars. It is the wrong thing to do but that's what they do, so I still own my dollars. - in Reuters

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Gold Could Go To 1200-1300

In my view, gold could go to 1200 - 1300 (dollars an ounce)... Gold has been up 11 years in a row which is extremely unusual in any financial asset so gold is overdue for a correction. - in Reuters

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January 5, 2012

We’re Going To See A Lot Of Distortions In The Markets

We’re going to see a lot of distortions in the markets because a lot of governments are going to be finding a lot of money and printing a lot of money.

Can America continue to add staggering amounts of debt to the balance sheet and print staggering amounts of money? I don’t think so. - www.ctv.ca

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January 4, 2012

CNBC Video: A Lot of Governments will Print Money in 2012


Latest CNBC video interview.

Jim Rogers, CEO and chairman of Rogers Holdings, told CNBC, "I suspect that Merkel and that crowd are going to do something to make us feel better, remember the French have an election this year and I think they would like to win the election, so I suspect you are going to see things coming out of governments for the euro."

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.

Swiss Central Bank’s Attempts To Keep The Currency From Strengthening Will Ultimately Fail

In my experience in currency markets, the markets have more money than any central bank. - in CNBC

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January 3, 2012

Eurozone Crisis: They Will Do Something To Make Us Feel Better

I suspect (German Chancellor Angela Merkel) and that crowd will do something to make us feel better. - earlier today on CNBC

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Gold Has Been Up 11 Years In A Row It Deserves A Substantial Correction

It would not surprise me to see gold go to 1200 dollars per ounce – but if it goes that low I’d buy a lot more – gold has been up 11 years in a row it deserves a substantial correction. - in MoneyControl.com

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