Focus On Stocks That Are Not On The ETFs Radars

In a recent interview with MarketWatch, Jim Rogers urges investors to focus on stocks that are not on the exchange traded funds (ETFs) radars: 

“If somebody can just take the time to focus on the stocks that are not in the ETFs, there must be fabulous opportunities in those stocks because they’re ignored. Some of them have got to be doing very, very well. And nobody’s buying them, because only the ETFs buy stocks.” 

Related trading instruments: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM)

The Risks Of Holding ETF’s

In a recent interview with MarketWatch, Jim Rogers highlighted the risks of owning Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) when a bear market in stocks eventually arrives:

"When we have the bear market, a lot of people are going to find that, ‘Oh my God, I own an ETF, and they collapsed. It went down more than anything else.’ And the reason it will go down more than anything else is because that’s what everybody owns."

The US Dollar Will Lose The Currency Reserve Status

When the US Dollar replaced the British Pound (GBP) as the world`s reserve currency, there was no one really going around trying to do it quickly.  Now you have several major economic forces: Russia, China, Iran and a few others that want this to happen. So, it will happen faster, this time.

Investing: How To Be Successful

The only people are successful in investing or in most things of the people who stay with what they know. I happen to think that Asia is going to be the most important continent in the 21st century. 

I know there's lots and lots of opportunities in Asia, I just see them every day but that does not mean you shouldn't stay with what you know.

Gold: Prepare For A Huge Bubble

I hope I'm smart enough to prepare for that huge bubble that's coming down the road. (SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX))