Slowdowns And Recessions Are Cyclical

In America, we’ve had an economic slowdown, or recession, every 4 to 6 years since the beginning of the Republic. So you can do the addition, by 2013 or 2014 we’re going to have another . . . we’re overdue for another recession. - in ETF Daily News

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Bullish On Myanmar

It’s right between China and India, 60 million people, massive natural resources, agriculture,” Rogers said. You could feed much of Asia, they have metals, they have energy, they have everything. - in Business week

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Follow Your Own Passion

All you need to do is to figure out your own passion and follow your passion. That`s how you are going to be successful in life. - in a recent interview

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Video Interview: Follow Your Passion

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Recognize Change And React Accordingly

“Those who can not adjust to change will be swept aside by it. Those who recognize change and react accordingly will benefit.” ― Jim Rogers, A Gift to My Children: A Father's Lessons for Life and Investing

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The Side Effects Of Money Printing

Throughout history when you destroy the people who save and invest and do things the right way, your society ultimately has to pay a huge price for it. - in MLC

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CNBC Video: China`s Slowdown

CNBC video interview: Jim Rogers comments the potential slowdown in the chinese economy;

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I Expect The world To Have A Slowdown In The Next Year Or Two

I certainly expect the world to have more of a slowdown in the next year or two, and that will be an opportunity for all of us. - in CNBC

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I Am Very Pessimistic About The US Stock Market

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I Am Short Emerging Market Stocks

Right now I’m short emerging market stocks as a potential hedge (against commodities). - in CNBC

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The overall Situation is Getting Much Worse

As I have explained several times, this is an election year in the united Staes as you well know and there are something like 40 or 45 elections over the next 12 months including France, US, Germany. So we have a lot of elections, a lot of politicians who want to be re-elected, so there is going to be a lot of good news. The people who is receiving the money which is being spend and printed are obviously going to be much better off in the next year or so.

The overall situation however is getting much worse because the debt is going through the roof for all of us. So, you should worry about 2013, you should be very worried about 2014. But this year more or less is not going to be so bad. - in a recent interview

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2012, 2013 & 2014

You should be worried about 2013, 2014 but overall 2012 won’t look so bad. - in Opalesque

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American Companies: Some People Anticipate That Profits Cannot Get Much Better

Profitability for american companies is at an all time high if you measure return on equity. Some people anticipate that profits cannot get much better but even if they do they can't last much longer. - in Opalesque

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I Invest In Real Assets

I personally invest in real assets. If the economy improves I'll make money because the demand for those assets will increase. On the other side, when governments get in trouble they print more money and when they do that you can protect yourself by owning real assets. - in Opalesque

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My Advice To Young People: Get Into Agriculture

My advice to young people would be to get into agriculture. If you want to make money over the next 20 years, agriculture is the way to go. If you don't want to be a farmer, buy the Lamborghini dealership or a restaurant in Iowa.

Why? Because the farmers in Iowa are going to be very wealthy. And they will be able to afford Lamborghinis. Fewer and fewer people are producing more and more food for more and more of us. That's only going to get worse over the next 20 or 30 years. So if you're smart, put your money into anything related to agriculture. - in Gulf News

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Video: A Recent Radio Interview

A recent radio interview with Everything Financial.

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Keys To Success

Jim Rogers' Keys to Success (taken from the titles and sub headings of each chapter of the new book, "A Gift To My Children"):

1. Do not let others do your thinking for you

2. Focus on what you like

3. Good habits for life & investing

4. Common sense? not so common

5. Attention to details is what separates success from failure

6. Let the world be a part of your perspective

7. Learn philosophy & learn to think

8. Learn history

9. Learn languages (make sure Mandarin is one of them)

10. Understand your weaknesses & acknowledge your mistakes

11. Recognize change & embrace it

12. Look to the future

13. “Lady Luck smiles on those who continue their efforts”

14. Remember that nothing is really new

15. Know when not to do anything

16. Pay attention to what everybody else neglects

17. If anybody laughs at your idea view it as a sign of potential success

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America Doesn’t Have Any Money Saved For A Rainy Day

China has a lot of money saved for a rainy day and when it rains they’re going to spend. America doesn’t have any money saved for a rainy day. And when it rains we’re going to try to borrow it or print it, neither of which is good for America or for the world. - in BI

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The Next Crisis

It's only a matter of time before the next crisis comes. Maybe by the end of this year, probably by the end of next year. - in a recent interview

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Career Advice: Get Into Agriculture

My advice to young people would be to get into agriculture. If you want to make money over the next 20 years, agriculture is the way to go. - answering a question about careers for the future

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People Have Forgotten How To Work Hard

A lot of the problems we're facing today is that people have forgotten how to work hard. It's a generational thing. - in Gulf News

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Travel Tip: Visit India

If you can only visit one country in the world, visit India. It is a complete assault on your senses. Amazing natural beauty, diverse peoples and cultures, wonderful buildings and temples. It is a complete sensory experience for sight, smells, tastes.

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If You're Smart, Put Your Money Into Anything Related To Agriculture

The average age of farmers in Japan is 66. The average age of farmers in Australia and the UK is 58. The highest rate of suicides in Britain is with farmers.

Nobody wants to farm any more. Yet there are more people than even now. Seven billion of us. What are we going to eat? Every year, the US has something like 225,000 graduates in public relations. I think there's 20,000 agriculture graduates in the US now. Have you ever tried to eat a press release?

My advice to young people would be to get into agriculture. If you want to make money over the next 20 years, agriculture is the way to go. If you don't want to be a farmer, buy the Lamborghini dealership or a restaurant in Iowa. Why? Because the farmers in Iowa are going to be very wealthy. And they will be able to afford Lamborghinis. Fewer and fewer people are producing more and more food for more and more of us. That's only going to get worse over the next 20 or 30 years. So if you're smart, put your money into anything related to agriculture. - in Gulf News

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Hard Work Pays Dividends

Hard work pays dividends. A lot of the problems we're facing today is that people have forgotten how to work hard. It's a generational thing. - in Gulf News

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Nobody Knows How Much China Is Growing, Including China

Nobody knows how much China is growing, including China. I don’t pay attention to all of these figures. They’re not important to me. They’re irrelevant. China is certainly doing better than most countries and it will continue to do so. It will have setbacks. There’s nothing that says China should not have a recession. But China has a lot of money saved for a rainy day and when it rains they’re going to spend. America doesn’t have any money saved for a rainy day. And when it rains we’re going to try to borrow it or print it, neither of which is good for America or for the world. - in Business Insider

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If Gold Goes Below 1600, I Will Buy More

I’m certainly watching, if it goes below 1,600 USD/ounce I’m sure I’ll buy more. If it goes to 1,200 dollars/ounce I hope I’m smart enough to buy a lot more. Gold has been up 11 years in a row now, which is extremely unusual for any asset. So it would not surprise me if gold doesn’t ... continue to have a nice correction in 2012. If it does, if it does, I hope I’m smart enough to buy a lot more. - in Business Insider

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Worry About 2013, Panic About 2014.

This year’s fine. Worry about 2013. Be panicked about 2014. - in CNBC

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There`s Inflation Everywhere

There’s inflation everywhere, the U.S. lies about it, I mean the U.S. government lies about inflation but there’s inflation everywhere. I mean I don’t know if you go shopping, but if you do, you know prices are up. - in a recent video interview

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We Are Going To Have A Slowdown

We are going to have a slowdown. Such is the staggering debt that America has, it has caused more and more of a drag on our economy. I would also point out to you that every four to six years we’ve had an economic slowdown in the U.S., since the beginning of time, so by 2012, 2013, 2014, we are well overdue for an economic slowdown for whatever reason. Whether it’s caused by high oil or what, we’re going to have a slowdown in the foreseeable future. - in BI

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A Few Thoughts On China

There will be setbacks in China along the way. In America in the 19th century we had 15 depressions with a capital "D," we had no human rights, we had not much rule of law, had a horrible civil war, yet we became the most successful country in the 20th century.

China is going to have plenty of setbacks but what these guys are mainly missing is China has been in decline for three or four hundred years but started turning it around in 1978. And there’s a long history of entrepreneurship, capitalism, they have the brains, they have the know-how, there are many overseas Chinese who will bring back money and management ability. And the Chinese have a very, very high savings rate. They save over 35 percent of their income and so even if they start going off, they’ve got something to fall back on, as opposed to America and the rest of the world. - in Business Insider

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When Things Go Wrong, They Print Money

"Throughout history, when things have gone wrong, they print money: when they print money, you should own silver, you should own rice, you should own real assets." - in ETF Daily News

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Gold & Middle East Tensions

If somebody starts bombing Iran, everything in the world is probably going to go down for a while except maybe gold. Maybe the US dollar would go up initially, but probably everything would be hit in the shock except maybe gold. - in Economic Times

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Japanese Has The Lowest Birth Rate Among Major Developed Countries

"If the current birth rate, which is the lowest in the major developed countries, continues, there will be no Japanese. Who will pay the enormous debt?" - in Bloomberg

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Prepare For Another Lost Decade

We are all going to continue to get deeper and deeper into debt. You think that problems are bad now, you wait until we don’t have any more credit.

Prepare for another lost decade or more. - in RT.com

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Obama Is Going To Win

I would tell you that Obama is going to win. I don't want him to win. It's not good for America. It’s hard to defeat a sitting president and he’s spending a lot of money. - in RT.com

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Who Is The Best President For America?

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Worry About 2013, Panic About 2014.

Worry about 2013. Be panicked about 2014. But this year a lot of good news is coming out. - in CNBC with Larry Kudlow

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Obama Is Going To Win

I would tell you that Obama is going to win. I don't want him to win. It's not good for America. But Larry, it's hard to defeat a sitting president and he's spending a lot of money. Things will feel good this year just because he's throwing money into the market and into the economy. - in CNBC

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