What Real Assets To Own In Times Of Turmoil

Real assets in times of turmoil, especially productive real assets such as farmland are very, very useful and one of the ways history shows that you can protect yourself.

And gold and silver coins have the attraction that they are easier to transport and they are internationally recognizable. It is hard to transport your farm if you have to get out of your country.

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 When There Is Turmoil

One should diversify and real assets usually in times like we are discussing, if you own a farm you are probably going to be better off than most people but be sure your farm is far away from the masses that will come in and steal everything you have. So having some real assets especially agriculture, you may not do well, but you will do better than everybody else in times like that.

Related trading instruments: 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.

Have Some Money Diversified Out Of Your Own Country

When the market finally says to these guys, we do not care, we are not going to take your paper money, we are not going to take your bonds, we are not going to play anymore, then what are they going to do?

When printing money does not do any good, when spending money does not do any good...

Then that is a disaster, that leads to revolutions, dictators, wars, all kinds of disasters. Be sure to have some money diversified out of your own country.

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 Slowing Down

The Chinese economy has been slowing down partly because the Chinese have been trying to slow it down, they had inflation, they had a housing bubble, so they have been doing the right thing, if you ask me, to slow things down. It is happening, the European economy is not robust, even America is not booming. Those are the customers for the Chinese, so China is slowing down just as many other parts of the world are as well.

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 Will Lose Control Of The Situation

Somewhere along the line we cannot continue with these absurd interest rates and continue this absurd money printing and somewhere along the line the markets take all the things away from the central banks and the markets decide.

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.