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.