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.