Italian Banks, Deutsche Bank (DB)

The Italian banks are in trouble but so is Deutsche Bank (DB), which is the largest bank in Germany.

I Expect Bad Financial Times To Come

I do not see how the European union can survive on its current form. The world needs something to compete with the U.S. Dollar which is a terribly flawed currency. The Euro currency in theory would be good for the world. Unfortunately it was badly executed, a good theory badly executed and now we have many problems.

So, I do not expect the Euro currency to survive and I doubt the European Union will survive as we know it. Because since Brexit occurred it has encouraged many separatists in Europe that want to split up their countries from the EU.

As I expect bad financial times to come, when we have bad financial times, people always look for big change.

The U.S. Will Face a Crisis or A Semi-Crisis

No country has got itself into this kind of situation gets out without a crisis or a semi-crisis. Interest rates have started going back up, if they go to normal historical levels, it is impossible for the United States to pay the debt. We have to face the facts. (SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), iShares Barclays 20+ Yr Treas.Bond ETF (TLT))

Trump: Trade Wars, Serious Problems

Trade wars have always led to serious problems and often to real it has led to real war. So the facts are all in place for something like that to happen. I would like to think that there is some way that we can avert it. History does not show us any reason to be optimistic. (SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI), United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO), Nymex Copper Futures)

Markets: What Now?

Now we are going to start focusing on interest rates, in what is happening in the real economy. There is a lot of debt. We will all have to start paying attention to the interest rate burden that everybody is going to suffer. I expect problems next year. (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA))

Markets: Inflation Is Coming Back

We have inflation coming back, we have staggering amounts of debt. So I suspect that market interest rates are just going to keep trading higher. (iShares Barclays 20+ Yr Treas.Bond ETF (TLT))

Stock Market: Its Far Ahead of Itself

The stock market is far ahead of itself at the moment. (SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), Nasdaq 100 Futures, Russell 2000 Index)

Trade Wars: It Will Lead to Bankruptcy and War

Trade wars have always failed. Trade wars have always led to bankruptcy and often to war throughout history. Even the people who understand this, sometimes think, do not worry, it is different this time, I can control this. Mr. Trump certainly thinks he can control it, but the facts are this is very worrysome for the world over the next several years.

Many People In Asia Do Not Like Trump

Many people in Asia do not particularly like Trump but that is based on what they read on the mainstream media, their media is like ours, they just repeat what the U.S. and the U.K. say, so, the main view here in Asia is that now the United States is pulling out, withdrawing from Asia and that is a gigantic opportunity for China, and China sees it.

When Will the Dollar Start Looking Like a Bubble

One hundred and ten in the Dollar Index certainly does not sound like a bubble to me. I will just have to judge the circumstances at the time. You will be able to read the newspapers and everybody will be talking about how the Dollar is going to go up forever, you will see on TV that the Dollar is the new promised land.

People will be pouring into dollars...I try to judge those things by the mood. Bubbles throughout history everywhere in the world, no matter the asset, always look and sound the same. I hope I am smart enough to recognize it.

The Dollar Strength Will Continue

The U.S. Dollar strength is going to go on for a while. The U.S. Dollar is going to get overprices, the U.S. Dollar may even turn into a bubble. (EUR USD forex cross, USDJPY forex cross, SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD))

Gold: The One Thousand Mark

It may not get to one thousand dollars an ounce, it may not even get there at all. I am pretty bad at market timing. But if it does, I expect to load up. (SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX), Barrick Gold (ABX), Newmont Mining (NEM), Goldcorp (GG), Novagold (NG))

Gold: In The End Gold Will Turn Into A Bubble

I am a terrible market timer and a horrible short term trader. I own gold, I have hedged some of my gold. I expect that if gold gets on one thousand dollars an ounce, I hope I am smart enough to buy a lot of gold because in the end, this is all going to end in huge mess and in a bubble for gold. My price to remove my edges and to buy a lot more gold is under one thousand. (Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX), SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD))

Trump Rally: It Surprises Me That Investors Are So Enthusiastic

It surprises me that people are as enthusiastic as they are given that Mr. Trump says he is going to start trade wars. At the moment everybody seems to be focusing on the fact that he is going to cut taxes which is fabulous for any economy and that he is going to be building new infrastructure that we desperately need. Nobody seems to be focusing on where will the money be coming from, and secondly how are we going to do all this with trade wars.

The Fundamentals For Crude Oil Are Improving

The fundamentals for crude oil are improving. For example, Saudi Arabia has not found any major oil field for a long time. Other big oil producers like Iraq, Iran or Nigeria have not found a lot of oil too. Only the fracking companies have found a lot of oil but they cannot make any money if oil prices are low. (United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO), Nymex Crude Oil futures, Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE))

Gold: Interested If It Drops Below A Thousand (SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD))

I have not bought any gold for many years now and I am not a buyer of gold at these prices right now. I hedged my gold and if gold drops below a thousand dollars per ounce I may buy a lot more. (SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF(NYSE:GDX), Newmont Mining (NEM), Goldcorp (GG), Barrick Gold (ABX))

Crude Oil Outlook: A Trading Range With Some Upside

I own some crude oil but I am not a good market timer or a good trader. My view is that we are in a complicated bottoming process that could last a couple of years. So far the trading range has been between 30 and 40 dollars a barrel, it will likely be a little bit more on the upside of that range. 60 dollars a barrel is not an unusual price for crude oil. (United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO), Nymex Crude Oil futures, Marathon Oil (MRO), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE))

Investors Should Own Energy

Investors should own energy because reserves of energy continue to decline around the world and so, crude oil fundamentals are still getting better. (Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE), United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO), Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (RSX), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Marathon Oil (MRO), ConocoPhillips (COP))

Crude Oil: The Market Is Smarter Than OPEC

The question is that the market is way smarter than oil producers, smarter than OPEC. So, I do not really pay much attention to OPEC meetings. They can sit down and have meetings that will go on for days and nights but there are a lot of oil producers in the world that are not on the agreement to cut production. (Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE), United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO), Marathon Oil (MRO), Exxon Mobil (XOM), ConocoPhillips (COP))

The OPEC Cut: What's Ahead For Oil?

The OPEC cut announcement is not surprising to me but the key is to wait and see if they really do it. OPEC has made these kind of announcements for decades. Most have not really worked but this one is making crude oil go up and it will probably continue to do so. But what really matter is that crude oil fundamentals are continuing to improve. (Nymex Crude Oil futures, Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE), United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Marathon Oil (MRO), ConocoPhillips (COP))

Markets: The Problems Are Coming No Matter Who Is The President

What is going to happen is worse than anything that you have seen in your lifetime and we are all going to be extraordinarily affected. Be worried. The problems are coming no matter who is the President. The world has huge problems facing us.

The World Never Solved Its Problems By Printing Money

Never has the world been able to solve its problems by printing money. That is why the debt goes higher and higher because interest rates are next to nothing and the central banks buy the debt.

Finance As An Industry Is In Decline

The finance industry has been good for the past 3 decades, but it was not a good industry to be in the 3 decades before that period. Now the financial industry is declining and in the future. The center of the business world will be the producers of real stuff, real goods not finance. (Bank of America (BAC), Goldman Sachs (GS), Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo (WFC))

Only A Few Tech Stocks Are Holding Up The U.S. Stock Indexes

In the U.S. stock market only a few ( 10 to 15) big cap stocks only like 10 or 15 stocks that are holding up the indexes. All the big cap technology companies like Facebook (FB), Netflix (NFLX), Amazon (AMZN), Google (GOOG) and Apple (AAPL).

Crude Oil Will Trade Higher Over The Next Few Years

Crude Oil (United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO), Nymex Crude Oil futures) will trade higher in price over the next couple of years.Right now it in the process of making a complicated bottom.

Crude Oil Will Be Trading Higher In A Few Years

Crude Oil is making a bottom, it is in the complicated process of making a bottom. If we look back a few years from now we will say, Crude oil made its low in 2015 or 2016. Prices will be higher than they are now in a few years. (Nymex Crude Oil futures, United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO), Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE))

Markets: Cautious On China, Very Bullish on Russia

I own Chinese share, I have not sold any of my Chinese shares. But I am not buying China now because of what President-elect Trump said about what he was going to do when in Office.I am buying Russia right now. (iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (RSX))

I Expect Gold To Go Down Further

I own gold (SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD)) but I am not buying gold now as I expect gold to go down for a while. There are better things where we could invest.

Interest Rates Will Be Going Higher

Interest rates will definetely be going higher, there is no question about that. Not just here in the United States but in the rest of the world too.

Investing: Technology Will Keep Changing ((Facebook (FB), Apple (AAPL), Netflix (NFLX), Amazon (AMZN), Twitter (TWTR))

In my books I wrote about how things keep changing and how one must understand that the world is constantly changing. If you pick any year in history and you fast forward 15 years everything has changed. Every 15 years we have a totally different world. If there is an investing lesson that we can take from history is that the world is always changing. (Facebook (FB), Apple (AAPL), Netflix (NFLX), Amazon (AMZN), Twitter (TWTR), Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK))

Stock Market: What Is Holding Up The Indexes

In the NYSE there are only a few stocks that are holding up the indexes, Dow Jones Industrials Average (DJIA), the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq 100 Index. Ten or fifteen big cap tech stocks like Facebook (FB), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG). The assumption is that all of those stocks are going to continue to grow forever, getting bigger and bigger. Maybe some of them will but looking back at history that is rarely the case. Nothing really goes on forever.

What To Expect From Trump?

Take Donald Trump at his word. He says he is going to cut taxes which is great for everybody and for the economy, he says he is going to spend a lot of money on infrastructure. I don't know where the money is coming from but that's what he says and that is why people are enthusiastic at the moment. (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE))

Markets: I Am Buying More Russia

I am in Russia now and I am actually buying more Russia. Russians like Donald Trump. It is very likely that Russia's relations with the United Staes will improve in the years after Donald Trump takes office. (Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (RSX), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM))

I Am Not Buying Stocks Anywhere In The World

Right now I am not buying stocks anywhere in the World and that includes China. But I own Chinese stocks, I have not sold them. In the next few years the world is probably going to have serious problems and that will affect Chinese companies too. This means that some Chinese companies will probably go bankrupt but at the same time other parts of the Chinese economy are going to boom no matter what happens to the rest of the world. (iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI),  iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY))

Crude Oil: Don't Pay Attention To What OPEC Says

I learned not to pay too much attention to what OPEC says it will do or not do. They certainly have been talking a lot. But the question with OPEC is that even when they agree on a production cut, than what happens there is always a country or two doing something else under the table, cheating the supply cut deal. If I were you I would certainly not pay too much attention to OPEC.

Right now, crude oil is making a base between 30 dollars a barrel and 55 dollars a barrel. (United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO), Nymex Crude Oil futures, )

Trump: The Risks For The World

Donald Trump certainly has got enough bravado, enough ego to do what he said he would do when in the White House. He said the first thing he would do was to change all the trade deals (TPP, NAFTA, etc) and that is not good for the world. (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY))

Trump, Trade Wars & Currencies

I am long the U.S. Dollar. Trade wars usually make a currency go up at least for a while. (U.S. Dollar Index, EUR/USD forex cross, USD/CAD forex cross)

U.S. Elections: I Think Trump Will Win

It really does not matter what I think. I happen to think that Trump will win. But who cares what I think, what matters is what happens. I am short the U.S. stock market and if Donald Trump wins, stocks might go down, I might have it right! (SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), Nasdaq 100 Futures)

Markets: The Next Downturn Will Be Worse Than Anything We Have Seen

In the next few months, if not before, we are going to see the end of all of this. The next downturn will be worse than anything we have seen in our lifetime. Depending on what happens, it might be the final one where everything totally collapses. (SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index ETF (IBB), Nasdaq 100 Futures)

Bullish On Agriculture & Water

Agriculture has been in a bear market for over thirty years.  When agriculture finally turns it will be of the most exciting sectors to be invested. I am also very, very bullish on water. (PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (DBA), PowerShares Global Water Portfolio (ETF) (NYSE:PIO))

Economic Turmoil Is Coming

We will have economic turmoil, it is on the horizon. And I am not the only one who foresees the turmoil coming. That means that investors are looking for ways to protect themselves. (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), Nasdaq 100 Futures)

U.S. Stocks: The Generals Will Be The Last To Fall

More U.S. stocks are down then up. The Generals, the big tech companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook are the "Generals" and will be the last to fall. (SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), Nasdaq 100 Futures, Facebook (FB), Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Google (GOOG))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Investing: Agriculture Will Be A Exciting Place To Be Invested

Agriculture will have a good return over the next decade. After a 30-year bear market, when it turns around it will be a exciting place to be invested. (agricultural commodity futures, agricultural  ETF`s, agricultural stocks or even investing in a farm)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Bearish On Bonds Anywhere In The World

I do not really want to hold bonds anywhere in the world. If I held US government bonds on my portfolio I would get rid of them. (iShares Barclays 20+ Yr Treas.Bond ETF (TLT), iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (IEF))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Trump May Win The U.S. Elections

I suspect Donald Trump will be the winner but whoever wins the U.S. Presidential Elections it will  not be good. You better be prepared because there is going to be some very serious problems in the world as trade wars and protectionism always lead to bankruptcies.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

I Have Short Positions In The U.S.

I do not have any investment on the long side or the short side in the United Kingdom. I am just watching, I am not doing anything. I have shorts in the U.S. but I do not have any positions in the U.K. at the moment.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

The New Natural Value For The British Pound (GBP)

Given the fact that the debt is so very, very high, the balance of trade is so bad, the City of London is now under so much pressure, Europe is now going to do everything it can to take the City`s business, so yes, a lower price under 1.0000 dollar will be the new normal for the British Pound (GBP). But that is not going to happen this year, that is 3 or 4 years down the road.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

The U.K. Is Facing Serious Problems

The U.K. has big debts, the U.K. has a serious balance of trade problem that is not being corrected. I can`t see anything that can make the Pound Sterling go up in price now.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

The Worst Bear Market In Your Lifetime

You are going to see in the next couple of years the worst bear market in your lifetime. It is going to be very, very bad. We have dire circunstances coming. (SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), Nasdaq 100 Futures, iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index ETF (IBB), Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Forex: Who Will Benefit From The GBP Weakness

Some people will benefit from the British Pound (GBP) weakness, if Sterling goes to 1 dollar or under it, certainly helps some people. Tourism will boom, some people will do very, very well in an environment like that.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

"I Cannot See Anything That Can Make The British Pound Go Up"

The British Pound is in a serious bear market, a serious period of decline for several years to come and unfortunately that means that the British Pound will go down. The United Kingdom has a lot of debt, a serious balance of trade problem that shows no sign of being corrected. I cannot see anything that can make the British Pound go up.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

The British Pound (GBP) Will Go Down A Great Deal

I suspect that the British Pound (GBP) is going to go down a lot over the next 3 or 4 years maybe even sooner. There are serious problems facing the United Kingdom as much as I love the United Kingdom. The UK is a very, very large debtor nation, the balance of trade is in serious trouble. If Scotland leaves they are going to take their oil with them. The British Pound (GBP) will go down a great deal. 

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

The British Pound (GBP) Will Likely Go Below $1

The British Pound will continue to depreciate for next couple of years and it will probably go below 1 dollar. The City of London is currently under pressure as Europe is taking business away from the City. 

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

I Cannot See The British Pound (GBP) Going Up

The United Kingdom has a big debts, the United Kingdom has a serious balance of trade problem that is not yet being corrected. I cannot see anything that can make the British Pound (GBP) go up in price now.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Deutsche Bank: Huge Balance Sheet And Off Balance Sheet Debts

Deustche Bank`s balance sheet has huge balance sheet and off balance sheet debts. The bank will probably survive if it has outside support. Otherwise we are going to have big problems.

Stocks: Deutsche Bank AG (USA) (NYSE:DB)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

If Deutsche Bank (DB) Goes, The Global Financial System Will Too

If Deutsche Bank (DB) goes bankrupt, it will bring down the entire global financial system. The other scenario is if they come up to some kind of settlement at a lower dollar number.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Global Economy: America Is In Decline

America has peaked, certainly on a relative basis if not on an absolute basis. We are in decline, we are the largest debtor nation in the history of the world.

We have troops in 120 countries and that is not making us any good. We are making enemies around the world. Unfortunately America has seen its best days.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Investing: Reading From Various News Sources

I try to read news from more than one source. If you read only one newspaper you will quickly learn that they have their own biases. But if you read from four or five, if you get your news from four or five different sources, you will find there are many different points of view. You put them together and maybe you will come up with the right answer.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Investing: I Am A Loner

I am pretty much a loner. I do things myself. I do not rely on other people, nearly every time I do rely on somebody else or get a suggestion from someone else I lose money.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Markets: I Do Not Work Nearly As Hard As I Used To

I do not work nearly as hard as I used to. Partially because I now have a little bit of money and also because I have 2 children and I prefer spending my time with them.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

My Days As A Hedge Fund Manager

I never set my alarm clock (unless I had an early meeting) because I wanted to be sure that I woke up fully rested and I could hardly wait to get to the office. I arrived in the office and I started reading everything in sight and often stayed till ten or eleven, I often stayed pretty late at night because I loved being there. I wanted to know everything, I felt I had to know everything in order to succeed because the world is always changing and what is true today may not be correct tomorrow so I stayed on top of everything.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

How To Be Successful In The Markets

If I told you that you only have 25 investments in your life, you would be very careful and would not jump around, you would not jump in and out,. You would only invest when you knew you had a sure thing. And that is how you become successful at life and in the markets.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Lessons About Life & Investing

The main thing is to figure out your own passion. Figure out what you love. Do not listen to your parents, your teachers, your friends. Find out what you love a lot. Everybody loves something, sometimes you have to figure out what it is.

Sometimes people will laugh at you if you say, "I want to be a gardener". Some will say, "That is absurd!" But if that is what you want to do and you know it, do it and become a gardener. You are going to be very happy. The people who do what they love never go to work. They wake up every day and start having fun. These are the people that are the most successful, doing what they love.

 If you are going to invest, it is the same thing. Only invest in what you, yourself know a lot about. Do not listen to me, do not listen to the TV, the internet, the newspapers. Just listen to what you, yourself know about. You will know better than anybody when something new is happenning, when things are going to succeed and that how you invest.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

A Nasty Bear Market Is Coming

You are going to see in the next couple of years the worst bear market in your lifetime. It is going to be very, very bad. We have dire circunstances coming.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

A Recession By Next Year

I am not saying a recession could be looming. I am saying a recession is on the horizon. You will see it certainly by next year.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Being A Contrarian, Buying Panic

Almost every time you buy panic you are going to do okay, as a trader or as an investor. It might be even better for the trader because you can just jump in and buy and then when the rally finally comes, it can be in the next trading session or in the next month, a trader sells.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

We Are Going To Have A Recession

There are problems facing the world. Of course we are going to have a recession. It is not unusual. We`ve had them every 4 to 7 years since the beginning of the Republic. There is nothing unusual about that. That is the way the world has always worked. 

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Central Banks Are Losing Their Power, Huge Problems Ahead

Central Banks are losing their power. No matter where in the world you look, most of them have done all that they could and they are now losing their power and their credibility. Thank goodness.

The Central Banks we have now are disastrous. America has had three central banks, the first two disappeared, fortunately this one is going to disappear too because these guys are total imbeciles and they do not know what they are doing. They make mistake after mistake, after mistake, after mistake and eventually there is going to be a huge reaction, huge problems in the markets and the people are going to say, get rid of the central bank.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Gold: What The Commitments of Traders (COT) Report Shows

The Commitments of Traders (COT) report shows that gold speculators own records amounts of gold ant that is why I am not buying gold right now. A number like this is usually a contrarian indicator. 

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Markets: Donald Trump, Gold

If Donald Trump wins the upcoming election and he really does what he says he is going, things like trade wars then it is bad news for the world. The problem is that trade wars always lead to bankruptcy and often led to war. If this happens you would be better off owning a lot of gold.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Investing: Don`t Believe In Propaganda, Don`t Listen To The Media

I have always tried to look at the world as it is not as I am told by propaganda and the media and other people. I try to teach my children, do not listen to anybody, look at everything and decide for yourself. I have been doing that for a long time.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Crude Oil : Supply Is Down, Prices Will Go Up Again

Russia wants to cut oil production but I would not do that. I would let the market sort it out.

It may take some time but the reality is that the high cost producers (framers, deep water drilling, oil sands) are stopping exploration and going out of business.

Prices are forcing the high cost explorations to stop operating and what this means is that eventually there will be no oil supply, and the price goes up again. (Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE), Marathon Oil (MRO), Exxon Mobil (XOM), United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Markets: A Serious Crisis Coming

Investors should be worried because there is going to be a serious crisis in the next couple of years, we all are going to pay a huge price for the money printing coming out of Federal Reserve and other central banks like the European Central Bank (ECB) or the Bank of Japan (BoJ)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Currencies: Bullish On The Russian Ruble (RUB)

The Russian Ruble (RUB) has hit bottom as far as I am concerned and crude oil is making a complicated bottom. I would rather buy the Russian Ruble (RUB) than just about any currency right now. 

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Jim Rogers: "I Am Shorting Stocks In The United States"

People should only invest in what they know about. You should not listen to me or somebody else. If I say to buy "X" and you do not know anything about "X", do not think about investing in "X". Stay with what you know.

I am shorting stocks in the United States, I am short junk bonds, I am long China, I own some Russian shares, I own agricultural commodities. I own some gold and silver but I am not buying them right now. These are some things I am doing now.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Investing: Some Sectors With A Magnificent Future

Some things that I see in the future that are great?

- I am bullish on Agriculture.

- China is a very polluted nation. Anybody that can clean up China is going to make a fortune.

- Asian Tourism has a huge future because there are so many Asians now that are able to travel.

 Those are some of the industries of the world that have a magnificent future.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Negative Rates Are A Disaster

Negative interest rates are a disaster. These guys (Central Bankers) are ruining the people who save and invest. Everybody reading this, their parents taught them to save money and invest for the future and you will come out O.K. - Well many people do that but they are being wiped out because they are owning no return on their money. It is a disaster.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

U.S. Debt: There Is No Way America Can Meet Its Obligations

There is no way America can meet its obligations. America is the largest debtor in the history of the world and the debt is going up daily. Wether we are talking about Pension Plan, or medical care or just interest on the debt, you name it. Our debts keep going higher and higher. Do the math, I do not want to sound like a fear mongerer or something, just do the arithmetic, you can add this as easily as I can.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Investing: A Great Growth Industry

One of the great growth industries of our time is going to be Chinese tourism. (iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI), China Airlines Ltd.(TPE:2610), Chinese Maritime Transport Ltd
(TPE:2612))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Oil Stocks: Many Companies Cannot Make Money Right Now

The American frackers cannot make money right now nor the people in deep drilling or the the Canadian oil sands. (Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE), United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Forex: Buy The Russian Ruble

Buy the Russian Ruble (RUB). The Russian Ruble (RUB) has hit a major low as far as I am concerned. Full disclosure, I own the Russian Ruble (RUB). (Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (RSX), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Crude Oil Outlook

Crude Oil is in the process of making its bottom. It is a complicated bottom but yes, crude oil is making a bottom. I would not necessarely buy crude oil right now but in 2 or 3 years we will see that this was a bottoming pattern in oil. (United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO), Nymex Crude Oil futures)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Views On Gold

I expect gold to be down more in the next year or two partially because the U.S. Dollar will be strong.  (Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDX), Newmont Mining (NEM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Novagold (NG))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Emerging Markets Will Suffer

Not all emerging markets are the same but most will be affected by the rise of interest rates in the United States. But it will only be a temporary worry because history shows it is only the third or forth increase in interest rates that one really has to worry.

The first rate increase hurts, the second rate increase hurts but the markets usually recovers. I would suspect emerging markets including India will be affected when they raise interest rates in December but there will be a recovery. After that be very worried about 2017 and 2018. (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), WisdomTree India Earnings Fund ETF (EPI))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

The Fed Will Raise Rates After The Election

The Federal Reserve will be raising interest rates after the election. That will have an effect on world markets , but a temporary effect. It is after the third time the Fed raises interest rates that we should start to worry, that we should be very, very, very worried not just in America but everywhere. (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

The U.S. Stock Market May Turn Into A Bubble

I own very few shares anywhere, none in the U.S. in fact I am short in the U.S. although I am reassessing that now because it occurs to me that all the money is going to flee into the U.S. Dollar now, so that may mean that the U.S. stock market can turn into a huge bubble as it did in the 1920`s. (Facebook (FB), Apple (AAPL), Netflix (NFLX), Tesla Motors (TSLA), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Markets: Russia Is Cheap

My parents taught me to buy low. Russia is low. Russia is hated, it is probably the most hated stock market in the world right now. It is hated, it is cheap! When I see something that its hated and its cheap, I think about buying. (Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (RSX), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Alternative Energy Is Not Competitive

There is alternative energy but it is not very competitive if crude oil is at 50 dollars a barrel. Most alternative energy has to be subsidized by some government wether it is sun power, wind power, they are not great yet.

At 300 dollars a barrel for crude oil they will be very competitive but at the moment we have 50 dollar a barrel oil. (PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy ETF (PBW), United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO), Nymex Crude Oil futures)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Crude Oil Prices Will Be Much Higher In 2 or 3 Years

Oil prices hit bottom a few months ago and now they are going up again because low prices bring high prices. Producers cut production, others go bankrupt and people consume more so prices go back up. Prices will be much higher in 2 or 3 years. (United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO), Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE), Nymex Crude Oil futures, Exxon Mobil (XOM), Marathon Oil (MRO))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Emerging Markets: Some Are Great, Some Are A Disaster

There is no such thing as emerging economies. There are some great ones, some mediocre ones and some disaster ones, so do not put them all together.

I am optimistic about things like Kazakhstan now, Nigeria, I am looking at Iran and I am wildly bullish on North Korea. I am bullish on China but I am not buying China. China is going to be  the next great country in the world. ( iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

China: I Am Bullish About These Sectors

Some Chinese companies that deal with the West are going to go bankrupt if they have debt, there is no question about that. Some parts of the Chinese economy, if you are in pollution clean up, you do not even care if America disappears as you are so busy making money.

If you are in healthcare in China, China needs enormous healthcare and Beijing knows that.

Agriculture, I am extremely optimistic about agriculture in China.

Related exchange traded funds: iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

China: The Companies That Deal With The West Are Going To Have Problems.

The whole world is having problems and its going to get a lot worse. That is going to affect China too. Japan is in recession, parts of Europe, parts of America are in recession. The companies that deal with the West are going to have problems.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Markets: Opportunity And Crisis Are The Same Thing

Opportunity and crisis are the same thing. When you see problems in China, take advantage of the opportunity. (iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

World Economy: Something Is Wrong

If central banks were not printing all this money everything would be trading down now and we would all know that something is wrong!

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Markets: A Recession Is About To Hit

Corporate earnings are down in the United States for the last 3 quarters. The recession, it is starting, it is in place.

Most stock markets around the world are down, most stocks in the United States are down.

If central banks were not printing so much money, everything would be down.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

The U.S. Stock Market Is Tricking Everybody

In the past 9 months earnings are down in the United States, most stocks are down in the United States. But if you look at the averages (the stock indexes) they are still going up because all the central banks are running their printing presses as fast as they can.

So the world is getting worse but the markets look like they are OK. Most stock markets are down but the U.S. market is the one that is tricking everybody. (SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), Dow Jones Industrials, Nasdaq 100 Index)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Markets: I Am Very Pessimistic

I am very pessimistic about what is going to happen in the world. Asia, Europe, America, the central banks have been printing for 8 years now, interest rates have gone to nothing. I t never happened in world history that you had all major central banks; Japan, Europe, Britain, America printing huge amounts of money, driving interest rates to absurd, artificial levels. It is going to end and when it ends we are going to pay a very serious price.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

We Are Going To Have A Serious Crisis In The U.K.

We are going to have a serious crisis in the United kingdom. The U.K. has huge debts, the U.K has a huge balance of trade deficit, the U.K. has a huge government deficit and if Scotland leaves, which they say they might, that takes the oil, a lot of the oil. They are not going to leave the oil behind. England loses a lot of its income at that point and as that develops the City of London, the financial district will come under more pressure, the Europeans are already saying, "we are going to take our financial businesses away from London now. Paris, or Frankfurt or Amsterdam or same place else is going to take a lot of that business.

The U.K. is going to be like Portugal or Poland, those were great countries once upon a time.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

U.S. Stock Market: Distribution Has Been Taking Place For Many Months

When you have bear markets something comes along and triggers it, and we think it is because of it, but it is always going on underneath anyway.

So this time around if we look at the United States stock market it has been going sideways for 18 to 24 months if you look at the advance/ decline or other indicators. In many circles that is called distribution in other words the smart guys are getting out and selling to the not so smart guys.

Related: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), nasdaq 100 Index, Russell 200 Index

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Investing Tips

One of the best rules anybody can learn about investing in the finical markets is to do nothing, absolutely nothing unless there is something to do.

Patience is an asset for investors.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Markets: Most Stocks Are Going Down

There is a lot of money floating around and most of it is going into a few big stocks that people know and will buy at almost any price but most stocks are going down. (SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Investing: Buying A Stock And Own It Forever

What I like to do is to buy things and own them forever.

What success I have had in investing has usually come from buying stock that is very cheap or that I think is very cheap because even if you are wrong, when buying something very cheap you are probably not going to lose a lot of money.

Of course that buying something simply because it is cheap is not good enough because it can stay cheap forever. So, you must see a positive change coming, I mean something that within the next 2 or 3 years most people will recognize as a positive change.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

The Deutsche Bank (Deutsche Bank AG (USA) (NYSE:DB)) Is Broke

The Deutsche Bank is broke. The Deutsche Bank (Deutsche Bank AG (USA) (NYSE:DB)) is the largest bank in Germany, it is a gigantic institution, it has trillions of dollars in derivatives, off balance sheet derivatives. If that goes, you look out the window because you are going to see a gigantic storm coming.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Forex: The EURUSD Will Go Below Parity

The EUR/USD will go below 1.0000, there is no question about it because when the turmoil comes and some of the turmoil will come from Europe, many European countries have problems, the central bank will print a lot more and that will make the whole thing much worse.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

World Economy: We Are Heading Into A Disaster

We are heading into a disaster. Look out the window and you might see it coming. Its that close.

Just about everywhere in the world is going to have serious problems in the next 2 or 3 years. My fear is that is is going to last a lot longer than 2 or 3 years. 

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Zero Interest Rates All Over The World

We have a horrible situation going on and it is going to end unbelievably badly.

What we want to do is to survive and then thrive. These guys are going to make a big, big mess of what is coming and if we can figure out how to thrive and make money it will be terrific.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

What`s Ahead For U.S. Stocks

Stocks in the U.S. have been going sideways for 18 months. That is called distribution. And when you have distribution for a year and a half it usually leads to bad things. (SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), Nasdaq 100 Futures)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Investing: My Number One Advice

My number one advice to everybody is, do not invest unless you, yourself know a lot about it.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Investors Will Flee To The U.S. Dollar Now

I have sold short stocks in the United States, I am long a lot of U.S. Dollars because people will flee to the U.S. Dollar now. (SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), U.S. Dollar)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Markets: Brexit, Global Recession, Next Crisis

The world is already in recession. Parts of Europe, parts of America are in recession and Brexit is just going to make it worse. Everybody should be concerned because the next recession, the next problem will be worse than 2008 because now we have a lot more debt. When you have bear markets something always come along to make it worse. You should be very worried.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Investing Does Not Take Me Too Much Time

I have to invest my money and that is what I do but it does not take me too much time. Actually, I have an office in Singapore but I have never been to my office because I have an office at home. In reality these days if you are an investor you need nothing but a computer.

I do not trade very much and that is why brokerage firms do not like me. I am not very active, I do not buy and sell often as I may hold positions for years.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Emerging Markets: India Got Rid Of The Least Bad Central Banker In The World

It is certainly more than an administrative exit. He was one of the best people in India as far as the government is concerned, the least bad central banker in the world but they got rid of him.

As I said before many times to the Indian press, Mr. Modi is more talk than action, he is not really trying to change India, he is trying to make himself Prime Minister for a long time. this is just another sign that Mr. Modi is not going to change India, he is just going to talk. (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), WisdomTree India Earnings Fund ETF (EPI))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Trump Could Well Be The Next President

I have no idea who is going to win. I usually do by this stage. It looks it could well be Donald Trump. who might win. I assure you one thing, I never voted for a winner in the U.S. and I am very proud to say that. It might well be Donald Trump who wins but it does not really matter who wins because we are going to have hard times wether he wins or not.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Emerging Markets: Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Iran and Venezuela

Emerging Markets are very different, I am optimistic about Kazakhstan, Nigeria in Africa, Iran and North Korea. Also Venezuela will be a buy soon. I have started buying in Zimbabwe in a small way. (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Not Buying Precious Metals Until They Break Lower

 I am not buying precious metals (SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV)) until there is another break lower in prices.

Related stocks and ETFs: Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX), Newmont Mining (NEM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Goldcorp (GG)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Brexit Will Hurt Markets

Brexit will hurt all financial markets because then other politicians may play the card too and the turmoil will worsen. The world already faces many problems as it is and this will just make things worse. (GBPUSD, British Pound, FTSE 100 Index)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Extremely Optimistic About The Future Of China

I am extremely optimistic about the future of China. China will be the most important country in the 21st Century. There will be problems in China along the way. Everybody who rises has problems. So China will have many problems but i do not know what, when, why, how. But China will be the most important country in the 21st Century. (iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Markets: Turmoil Ahead Of Us

Be ready for market turmoil ahead of us because of ultra low interest rates. This will change, interest rates will go up! (SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (IEF), SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (JNK), iShares Barclays 20+ Years Treasury Bond ETF (TLT))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

China Is In Better Shape Than Most Countries

I do not hear about a major crisis in China. China is in better shape than most countries these days. That does not mean China is not going to have problems. (iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

I Am Short The American Market

I am short the American market but not as big now as I was short in 1987. And if something like that happens again in America which it might well, hopefully I will get it right.

Related: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Traders Are Good For The Markets

Traders are good for the markets because they add liquidity and in all markets the more liquidity the better. Is it an honorable profession? Of course it is. The more traders the better, the more instruments the better.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Markets: Countries Where I Am Looking To Invest

Countries where I am looking to invest are Kazakhstan, Iran, Nigeria. These are countries where good things are happening. Colombia, I have some small investments in Colombia.

I would like to invest in North Korea but its difficult for me because I am an American.

There are some good things happening out there.

Related exchange traded funds: iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Some Countries Are Already In A Recession

I assure you there will be a recession. Some places are already in recession, Japan is already in recess. It`s here. People who do not think there will be a recession, look out the window. Many countries and many sectors are already having recessions.

Related trading: iShares MSCI Japan ETF(EWJ)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

How To Invest: Buy Low, Sell High

Buy low and sell high. If you can find things that are cheap where there is positive change taking place, chances are you will make a lot of money.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Commodities Will Trade Higher For A While

I suspect are making a bottom, a complicated bottom for most commodities and they will be going higher for a while. (United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO), PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (DBA))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

China No Longer Able To Fuel World Growth Like It Did In 2008 Economic Crisis

China will not be able to help us much this time as it did last time. Who is going to do the heavy lifting? Be worried and be prepared. There is nobody left.

Central banks are going to print as much as they can, the governments in the U.S. and other places are going to spend as much as they can but eventually the market is going to say, "We do not want your garbage anymore. You are printing all this paper money, you are putting out all these bonds. No. We are not going to take it anymore."

Exchange Traded Funds: iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

U.S. Dollar: Intellectually & Economically Indefensible

I own the U.S. Dollar right now even though it is intellectually and economically indefensible but unfortunately most things are indefensible too now and that is why I own U.S. Dollars.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Why Is America In Decline?

There are many reasons obviously. The nation peaked and then gone into decline but perhaps the main reason right now if I had to point my finger on one thing it would be the debt in America.

Every nation in the world history that has got itself into such a debt situation suffered. America is now the largest debtor nation in the history of the world and its getting worse every day. When you have a lot of debt it is hard to grow in a dynamic and dramatic fashion.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Crude Oil: Know Reserves Have Been Declining

Know reserves of oil have been declining all over the world for several years except for fracking but fracking cannot make money , they need to have very high prices and of course fracking does not work everywhere. Unless something happens we are going to have a hydrocarbon crisis sometime in the next century. (Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE), United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO), Nymex Crude Oil futures)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Trump, Sanders: A Sign Of Difficult Times

Whenever there are difficult times, somebody rises. A man, a white horse, a dictator, whatever you want to call it. Whenever you have serious problems you have new and strange people. So this is not unusual.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

U.S. Dollar: Its Correcting But It Will Go Up Again

The U.S. Dollar has been a very strong currency for 2 or 3 years. It is having a correction now but as the turmoil comes back you will see the dollar go up again.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

We Are Going To Have A Financial Crisis In The Next 2 Or 3 years

Write it down, we are all going to have a financial crisis sometime in the next 2 or 3 years. (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), Dax Index, iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index ETF (IBB))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Central Banks Have Gone Nuts

They have gone nuts. They think that they are saving us but what they are doing is leading to the eventual destruction of us. (SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

China: Speculative Frenzy In Commodity Futures

Read the most recent article on how China is trying to cool the trading frenzy in the commodities markets:  Jim Rogers says China right to cool trading frenzy

The new Chinese commodity futures have been heavily traded with average holding periods of just a couple of hours, signs of a speculative frenzy.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Governments Around The World Are Reducing Their U.S. Treasuries Holdings

Many foreign governments are reducing their holdings of U.S. Treasuries, of U.S. government bonds. That is wise. (iShares Barclays 20+ Yr Treas.Bond ETF (TLT), iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (IEF))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

U.S. Stock market: Most Stocks Are Already Going Down

Most stocks are going down in the United States so the signs are already there. But they are not making headlines, they are not visible but it is already happening. Some parts of the U.S. economy are in recession and in the stock market most stocks have been going down. (SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index ETF (IBB), Nasdaq 100 Futures, Apple (AAPL))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Markets: Paper Currencies, Real Assets & Agricultural Land

As long as paper currencies are being debased, you are going to need real assets. I do not own agricultural land but it might make sense to buy it now and in fact it is one of the few assets that I would consider buying now. (SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV), PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (DBA))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Gold: This Is Not The End Of The Correction

I am not buying gold right now. Gold has rallied four times over the past 3 years, by around fifteen to twenty percent. I am not adding to gold on this run.

Gold bulls will say that the worst is now over but in my view this is not the end of the correction. (SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

The Central Bankers Are Going To Fail

In the end, the central bankers are going to fail because the market has more money than they do. At some point, the market is going to say, we don’t want any more of your paper.

In the meantime, politicians will say, do not worry, we will save you and there will be some market rallies along the way.

But this time it will be too much, and too late. By 2017 there will be disaster everywhere. (SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Next Time We Have A Problem It Is Going To Be Worse Than 2008

We had a problem in 2008 because the debt was very high. Now the debt is much, much higher all over the world. Next time we have a problem it is going to be worse than 2008. You should be very worried, you should be very knowledgeable, and you get prepared.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Currencies: Fundamentals Are More Important Than Interest rates

Interest rate hikes often have been beneficial at least in the short term but the fundamentals in the end win out. Sometimes you have to raise interest rates 5 or 10 times for it to make any kind of significant difference.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Housing Prices In London Are Going To Go Down

You can write it down, house prices in London are going to go down. It is a bubble. You must know it is a bubble!

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

The British Pound (GBP) Is Going To Go Down Wether Britain Exits Or Not

I think the British Pound (GBP) is going to go down wether they exit or not. Britain has gigantic debts, do not have anything to build up the balance of trade. I mean, Great Britain is in trouble. (FTSE index, GBPUSD forex cross, GBPEUR forex cross)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

The BOJ Is The Only Buyer Of JGB`s

The central bank of Japan is the only buyer of JGB`s (Japanese government bonds). In America (the Federal Reserve) is not the only buyer but almost the only buyer. Financial markets are paying less and less attention to the central banks actions and its coming a time when the financial markets are going to overwhelm central banks.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Stocks: What To Buy After A Bear Market

When there is a problem in markets, when there is a bear market for instance, you can make a lot of money coming out the other side if you own the companies and the stocks that came through the period unimpaired, the companies that earnings keep going up through the hard times. These are the companies that lead the recovery on the other side. (SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Gold: Not Rushing To Buy

I am not rushing in to buy. I still expect a better opportunity to buy sometime in the next 2 or 3 years. If that happens I hope I am smart enough to buy more. (SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF(NYSE:GDX), iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Markets: Looking To Buy A Russian Tourism Company

I am looking for more investments in Russia. I am trying to buy into a Russian tourism company because I am optimistic about Russian tourism. More people are coming to understand that Russia ((Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (RSX)) is a good place to invest. Russia is not a huge debt nation, it is not like Portugal or the United States. (PSI 20 Index, SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Avoiding The Urge To Trade All The Time

If you are not seeing any extremes, its best to fight the natural urge to stay busy and make "this-might-kinda-work" trades. These trades will just distract you, cause stress, and run up your commission bill.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

A Fundamentally Sound, Hated Market

I cannot think of any stock market right now that is more hated than the Russian stock market (Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (RSX)). I have learned over the years that if you buy something that is really hated especially if it is fundamentally sound, you are probably going to do OK.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Stock Market: Only A Few Generals Are Holding The Market Up

Often you find in markets that marginal companies start going down first and in the end its really just a few generals that are leading the charge. Most stocks are going down but because the generals are big they hold the market up and people thing everything is OK but the Advance/Decline line is deteriorating. I have seen it many times and it has been happening in the U.S. in the last year or two. Last year only one third of the NYSE stocks were up. (Facebook (FB), Apple (AAPL), Netflix (NFLX), Amazon (AMZN))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Investing: Russian Ruble, Short-Term Russian Government Bonds

I bought the Russian Ruble recently, one of the beaten down currencies. What I actually did, I bought short-term government bonds in Rubles. They have a high interest rate and if the Ruble goes up I will get a double play. (Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (RSX))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Investing: Not Very Active Right Now

I am looking for places to invest but I am very active at all. I am watching the world unfold. Be knowledgeable, be worried and be prepared. (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Stocks: Reasons To Invest In The Russian Stock Market

It is certainly beaten down. I cannot think of any market in the world that is more hated than the Russian stock market. I have learned over the years that if you buy something that is really hated, especially if it is fundamentally sound, you are going to do OK. It may take a some time but you will probably going to do OK.

Russia has huge resources. It is not a debtor nation, it is still a big creditor nation, the currency is convertible. They have problems but they have been doing the right things. I wish their central banker was our central banker. (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM), Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (RSX))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Portfolio: U.S. Dollars, Chinese Shares, Agriculture, Russian Bonds

I own U.S. Dollars, I own the Chinese Renminbi, I own Chinese shares and I am short U.S. stocks. I am long Agriculture, I bought recently some Russian short term Russian bonds denominated in Rubles. I own some gold and silver, which I owned for years, I haven`t bought any recently. Basically off the top of my head its where my investments are.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Markets & Economy: Worse Times Than We Had In Our Lifetimes

We are certainly going to have worse times than we had in our lifetimes. How bad? I expect it to be worse than anything we had in our lifetimes because the debt is like nothing that has ever been in recorded history. America is now the largest debtor nation in the history of the world!

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

An Important Top For U.S. Equities

If you actually look at the stock market, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for instance, only one third of the stocks went up last year, twice as many went down. If you look at the breath, the stocks advancing and declining, it peaked out in 2014 and the breath has been going down ever since.

So people may think that the stock market is up but those who own stocks are finding out that it is not the case. (SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), Nasdaq 100 Futures, Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE), Health Care SPDR ETF (XLV), iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index ETF (IBB))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Natural Gas: Low Prices Will Eventually Lead To Much Higher Prices

As we know from history, low prices lead to higher prices. The solution to low prices is low prices and exploration is being cut dramatically everywhere and that is going to eventually cause much higher prices for Natural Gas and energy in general. (United States Natural Gas Fund, LP (UNG), United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Some Parts Of The Chinese Economy Continue To Boom

Some parts of the Chinese economy continue to boom. If you are in pollution clean up, Oh my God!, you are making so much money that you cannot even count it because there are many problems that need to be fixed in China. (iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Next Move: Shorting European Indexes

I would like to short Europe on this rally. I am going to short some Europe in this rally. That is probably the next action I will take.

Related market indexes: DAX Index, CAC 40 Index, FTSE 100 Index, IBEX 35 Index, EuroStoxx 50 index

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Markets: Junk Bonds, Gold

I am short junk bonds in the United States. I am not adding at the moment. But if the opportunity arises, if junk bonds go up a fair amount I know I will add to that position. And if gold collapses I will add to that position. (SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (JNK), iShares iBoxx $ High Yid Corp Bond (ETF) (HYG), SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Emerging Markets: Gearing Up To Invest In These Places

Mainly I am sitting and watching. I am gearing up to invest in Nigeria, in Kazakistan, in Iran. I am not doing anything at either of those places at the moment but I am gearing up. Colombia if I were not too lazy I could be doing something in Colombia at the moment. (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Where To Invest Next

I am looking for what to do in the future. I own Russia, I want to buy more Russia. I am looking at Kazakhstan as a place to invest, there are really exciting things taking place there in Kazakhstan. Iran but its very difficult for Americans to do business in Iran in the stock market. Nigeria, I am looking at, exciting things are taking place. I have not invested in either of those places yet but these are places where I think there are exciting opportunities. (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

We Do Not Have Any Deflation, We Have Inflation.

There is no question that oil prices are down, which means that if you go to the gas station you pay less. But maybe you do not do any shopping, maybe your butler does your shopping. The rest of us we know that insurance prices are up, education prices are up, entertainment prices are up, automobile prices are up.

Very, very few things that anyone can name that are actually down. The Government tells us that there is no inflation that people write to me all the time and ask me where does the Government shop?

Related: United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO), Nymex Crude Oil futures, Wal-Mart (WMT)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Gold: Not Buying Right Now

I am not buying gold at the moment. I am waiting for another opportunity to buy gold, it may not happen, it certainly may not happen. But I own plenty of gold. I am looking for a new opportunity, let`s say the central bankers save us for a while, that the markets go up  for a while, often gold will go down in a scenario like that. That would be an opportunity to buy gold. (SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

The Crisis That We Are Going To Face

Crisis that come from Governments or Central Banks trying to cool things off are one thing but a crisis that the market imposes on the world, those are the really, really nasty ones. And that is what we are going to face as these guys have got us into a situation where there is no escape other than panic and problems. (SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) )

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

A Cashless Society Is Not Good For You

There is going to be a cashless society but that is not for your benefit, for my benefit, for the readers benefit. That is for the politicians benefit, so that they can control your money even more, every cent you have, where it is, what you did with it, if you bought your girlfriend a chocolate box they will know about it. So this is not good for you and me.

If they say that they are going to take your money all they have to do is a computer blip and they have your money, one stroke of a key and your money is gone.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

The Reasons I Sold The Japanese Yen

I owned some Japanese Yen (JPY) for a while, I sold it last Friday as a matter of fact. I am out of the Yen, it is not as safe for most people as the U.S. Dollar and they are printing a lot of them. They said we will print unlimited amounts of money.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Markets: High Beta Trades On China

I am long China but I would prefer to buy Russia (Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (RSX)) than Brazil (iShares MSCI Brazil Index ETF (EWZ)) going forward. First of all Oil will be going higher if you are going to be buying Brazil. Putin is  a better manager than Dilma Rousseff, that lady has made so many mistakes...

China and Russia are getting closer and closer together.

Related Exchange Traded Funds: iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Emerging Markets: Not Investing In Brazil

I think there are better places to invest than Brazil (iShares MSCI Brazil Index ETF (EWZ)). I am not investing in Argentina either. I heard this before from Argentina, they always get it wrong. But things will be better in Brazil because oil prices are going up, agriculture prices are going to go higher but the management of the country, the politicians are even worse than American politicians.

Related stocks: Vale SA ADR (VALE), Banco Bradesco SA ADR (BBD), Itau Unibanco Holding SA ADR (ITUB), Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras ADR (PBR)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

U.S. Stocks: Breath Has Been Deteriorating For 18 Months

It has already started to some extent. In the U.S. last year twice as many stocks went down in the NYSE as went up. So the breath, as we call it in the market, the breath has already been deteriorating in the U.S. for 18 months. The market already knows, I am not the only person who knows that things are slowing down and that we are going to have problems. (SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

The U.S. Economy Is Heading For A Recession

I know it is heading for a recession, some parts of the U.S. are already having problems. Iff you look at the payrolls taxes paid, they are already flat year over year. Do not pay attention to the Governments`s numbers, pay attention to the real numbers.

The U.S Economy is already sliding into softer times. The World is too. Japan is already in recession. Many European countries are in recession, Russia, lots of places are having trouble already. (Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (RSX), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), Dax Index)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Forex Markets: EURUSD Will Go Below 1.0000

The EURUSD will go below 1.0000, there is no question about it. When the turmoil comes and some of the turmoil will come from Europe because some European countries have problems and the ECB will print a lot more. That will make things much, much worse. If you have people starting pulling out, say Greece pulls out, say Great Britain pulls out, then people will start panicking about the Euro, they dump the Euro and the U.S. Dollar goes higher. 

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

London Housing Market: Is It A Bubble?

Absolutely! You can write it down. House prices in London are going to go down. It`s a bubble! You must know it is a bubble.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Brexit: I Would Vote To Stay in The EU

I would vote to stay, definitely. First of all, to try to trade with Europe without being in the Common Market is not going to be good, it is not going to be helpful.

And Britain is already in decline over the past few decades, it has huge debt. If you are going to have more difficult trade, it is not going to help you.

(GBPUSD, EURGBP, GBPJPY)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Markets: People Will Flee To Safe Havens

There is going to be so much turmoil in the world in the next couple of years, people will flee to what they think it is a safe haven, which happens when there is turmoil. They are not going to buy the Japanese Yen, they are not going to buy the British Pound, they are not going to buy the Russian Ruble. They are going to flee to the U.S. Dollar in this panic.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Forex Markets: "I Am Out Of The Japanese Yen"

I am out of the Japanese Yen, it is not as safe to most people as the U.S. Dollar and they are printing a lot of it! (Japanese Yen, U.S. Dollar, Australian Dollar, Russian Ruble)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

Forex Markets: Who 10 Years From Now Wants To Own U.S. Dollars?

Who 10 years from now wants to own U.S. Dollars? I own a lot of them right now but I cannot imagine owning any in 10 years!

(U.S. Dollar, U.S. Government Bonds, SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

We Will Have A Sovereign Debt Crisis Before 2024

We are certainly going to have a sovereign debt crisis between now and 2024. Are you kidding? We will have all sorts of crisis maybe even serious war, probably serious war by then as the situation gets worse and worse people will lose confidence in governments. I am more worried about the next 8 years than you are!

(SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (JNK), U.S. Government Bonds, Nasdaq 100 Futures, SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY))

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

The Next U.S. President

Whoever is elected President, even if Mother Teresa is elected President, the debt will keep going through the roof. Unfortunately it can happen because they can continue to debase the currency. You may have a pension coming to you of 1,000 dollars a month, you are going to get your pension but in worthless money. And they will pay their debt in worthless money. (SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV), U.S. Dollar)

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.

I Cannot Imagine Buying Bonds Anywhere In The World

I am short junk bonds and I would not buy bonds, I cannot imagine unless it is a very special situation. I cannot imagine buying bonds anywhere in the world except maybe for short term Russian bonds just because the yield is so high. But I cannot imagine buying bonds anywhere.

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor that co-founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. He is the author of several investing books and also a renowned financial commentator worldwide famous for his contrarian views on financial markets.