Global Markets: I Am Very Cautious and Worried

Mainly I am worried. It has been six and a half years since the bull market has started in the United States and therefore in the rest of the world and it is unusual. Every four to seven years through out American history we had setbacks and consolidations or some other form of economic problems. So we are overdue.

It is all based on staggering amounts of money printing and debt, not just in the U.S. but worldwide. So I am very cautious and worried.

The U.S. Dollar Is Perceived By Investors As A Safe Haven

I own more U.S. Dollars on the long side than any other currency for that exact reason. There is more turmoil coming and many people perceive the U.S. Dollar and the United States as a safe haven. The Dollar is certainly not a safe haven it is perceived that way.

Investing: Parts Of The Chinese Economy That Will Boom

China is spending staggering amounts of money cleaning up the filth. China is very polluted, terribly polluted. They are spending money, lots of money to clean up. Some parts of the Chinese economy will boom no matter what happens to the world.

Chinese Shares Are Probably My Largest Holding

Well, I think my Chinese shares are probably my largest holding. Who knows what is going to happen in the futures but I bought shares in China last week. I am extremely worried about the world going forward and that is going to affect everybody including China obviously. Anybody in China that does business with the west is going to feel the effects but many parts of the Chinese economy are going to continue to boom no matter what happens in the West.

China Stocks Had A Correction, Still Strongest Stock Market In 2015

They had a correction but the Shanghai stock exchange is the strongest stock market in the world this year, it is up almost 50 percent. The American stock indexes and the European stock indexes are up 4 percent.

The U.S. Dollar Is Going To Go Higher As Turmoil Increases Worldwide

The U.S. Dollar is going to go higher as turmoil increases worldwide and as the U.S. dollar goes higher, gold (SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD)) and silver (iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV)),  will probably continue under pressure. At some point the dollar will get overvalued, it may turn into a bubble and I will have to sell my dollars. Then I will put my money into silver and gold and maybe the Renminbi, the Chinese currency which by then should be convertible.  

Technology Stocks In China

Perhaps the technology stocks in China were entering a bubble like that. Not sure it got that developed. If it continued... It was certainly an incipient bubble and we will wait to see if it becomes a full fledged 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.