The Reasons I Sold The Japanese Yen

I owned some Japanese Yen (JPY) for a while, I sold it last Friday as a matter of fact. I am out of the Yen, it is not as safe for most people as the U.S. Dollar and they are printing a lot of them. They said we will print unlimited amounts of money.

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: High Beta Trades On China

I am long China but I would prefer to buy Russia (Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (RSX)) than Brazil (iShares MSCI Brazil Index ETF (EWZ)) going forward. First of all Oil will be going higher if you are going to be buying Brazil. Putin is  a better manager than Dilma Rousseff, that lady has made so many mistakes...

China and Russia are getting closer and closer together.

Related Exchange Traded Funds: 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.

Emerging Markets: Not Investing In Brazil

I think there are better places to invest than Brazil (iShares MSCI Brazil Index ETF (EWZ)). I am not investing in Argentina either. I heard this before from Argentina, they always get it wrong. But things will be better in Brazil because oil prices are going up, agriculture prices are going to go higher but the management of the country, the politicians are even worse than American politicians.

Related stocks: Vale SA ADR (VALE), Banco Bradesco SA ADR (BBD), Itau Unibanco Holding SA ADR (ITUB), Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras ADR (PBR)

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.

U.S. Stocks: Breath Has Been Deteriorating For 18 Months

It has already started to some extent. In the U.S. last year twice as many stocks went down in the NYSE as went up. So the breath, as we call it in the market, the breath has already been deteriorating in the U.S. for 18 months. The market already knows, I am not the only person who knows that things are slowing down and that we are going to have problems. (SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), 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.

The U.S. Economy Is Heading For A Recession

I know it is heading for a recession, some parts of the U.S. are already having problems. Iff you look at the payrolls taxes paid, they are already flat year over year. Do not pay attention to the Governments`s numbers, pay attention to the real numbers.

The U.S Economy is already sliding into softer times. The World is too. Japan is already in recession. Many European countries are in recession, Russia, lots of places are having trouble already. (Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (RSX), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), Dax 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.