Markets: 2016, 2017 Will Not Be Good Years

2016 and 2017 will not be good. Partly because of the mistakes the Central banks have made in the past, they are going to do their best to hold things up as you can see, they already have, the Bank of Japan and others.

But unfortunately I am afraid we are all going to pay the price, I am not particularly happy about it but they have made a lot of mistakes in the last 18 or 20 years.

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: If People Laugh At Your Idea You Are Probably Very Right

People often say I am nuts when I tell them to invest in something, which is good. When you find people saying that you are nuts or laughing at you, or ridiculing you, you are probably very right.

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.

Why Own Physical Gold

I own physical gold because it is easily transportable, it is portable, everybody recognizes that it is valuable. Likewise, silver. I expect to see much higher prices of silver, gold, all commodities, all natural resources over the next decade. (SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV))

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: How I Invest

The best thing to do, at least my way, everybody has their own way, my way is to find things that are cheap, that are ignored and hopefully find if there is a fundamental change taking place and then I try to buy. If I am right I am going to make a lot of money, if I am wrong I am probably not going to lose too much because it was so cheap to start with. So it is unlikely that I will lose money or a lot of money. Do not think I have not made a lot of mistakes in my life. I made a lot of mistakes in my life, but that is how I do it.

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: Agriculture Stocks, Sugar

I am not buying stocks, I am looking at agriculture products, sugar, I have some orders in to buy Sugar Futures again. Sugar has been bottoming here for 2 or 3 years and I suspect sugar will be great in the next 2 or 3 years. I am looking at agriculture products, not agriculture stocks. If I come across a good agriculture stock, of course I will buy it.

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: "It is going to be worse than 2008"

It is going to be worse than 2008, you are going to see bankruptcies, the debt is much higher all over the world now than it was 8 years ago. Even China now has a lot of debt which did not have in 2008. I am afraid we are going to see a lot of problems, everybody`s debt is going through the roof, money has been printed, be worried.

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.

Since When Is Inflation Good For The World?

Since when is inflation good for the world? I have read lots of history books and economic history books and I have never heard except in the last decade people advocating inflation. Inflation is usually something that people tend to stay way from and if you want to use the Japanese example, the Japanese stock market today is down 60 percent from its all time highs, 26 years ago. If you want to use Japan as an example I am afraid we got a long, long period of problems ahead of us.

(Nikkei 225 Index, S&P 500 Index)

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.