Jim Rogers

Bilend James Rogers, Jr. (James Beeland Rogers, Jr.) – U.S. investor, was co-founder of Quantum, a college professor, author, economic commentator, and creator of commodity index Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI).

Jim Rogers was born Oct. 19, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied at Yale University and then at Oxford, where he studied politics, philosophy and economics. In the summer of 1964, working in the firm Dominick & Dominick, Jim Rogers really carried away by what is happening on Wall Street and “plunged” into the life of the financial world. It was here he returned after the end of Oxford and service in the army. In the early 1970’s., Gaining experience in the firm Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder, Jim Rogers was one of the founders of the Quantum Fund – a partnership in the sphere of global investment. During the next 10 years, the portfolio value Quantum Fund grew by more than 4200%, while the growth index, Standard & Poor’s 500 over that period was approximately 47%. At the age of 37 years, Jim Rogers has decided to leave the fund. He currently manages his own portfolio, teaches finance in the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University and is a regular commentator and presenter of headings in various media.

In 1990, Jim Rogers, a journey on a motorcycle, traveling more than 100 000 miles (160 000 km) through six continents and got into the Guinness Book of Records. On his journey, and international investment, he says in his book “Motorcycling investor” ( “Around the World with Jim Rogers: Investment Biker”), published in 1994.

From 1 January 1999 to January 5, 2002, Jim Rogers undertook another trip through 116 countries, having traveled 245 000 miles with his wife, Paige Parker (Paige Parker) in a custom-built yellow Mercedes. This trip also got into the Guinness book. The trip began in Iceland, which celebrated the 1000th anniversary of Leif Erikson’s first trip (Leif Eriksson) to America, he crossed Europe and the former Soviet Union, China, Africa, Middle East and the Americas, visiting the country, rarely attract tourists including Myanmar, Angola, Sudan, Congo, Colombia, East Timor and others on Jan. 5, 2002, they returned to New York. His adventures he described in his book “Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip”, which became a bestseller. “Adventure Capitalist” – a history of travel and adventure, filled with deep emotions and subtle humor, and, moreover, a very fascinating overview of world economic geography with a tour of the investment attractiveness of countries and regions. In the book, Jim Rogers is his own opinion on what the country would increase, and some – the collapse, where you can find a million, and where – to lose it. In addition to the findings that the commodity markets formed “bull” trend, and the XXI century belongs to China, traveling the world, Rogers made a whole series of observations and forecasts.

Since 2002, Jim Rogers became a regular guest of the program Fox News’ Cavuto on Business, which comes out every Saturday. In 2005, Rogers wrote a book “Commodity exchanges: the hottest markets in the world” ( “Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World’s Best Market”).

In December 2007, Jim Rogers sold his mansion in New York for approximately $ 16 million and moved to Singapore. Rogers claims that he moved because a turning point in the investment potential in Asian markets: “If you were smart in 1807, then moved to London, if you were smart in 1907, then moved to New York, and if you are smart in 2007, then moving to Asia. ” He did not want to move to Chinese cities such as Hong Kong or Shanghai due to poor environmental conditions, so he chose Singapore. However, Jim Rogers is optimistic with respect, not all Asian nations and skeptical about the future of India.

Jim Rogers’ two daughters, his latest book, “A gift to my children” ( “A Gift To My Children”), was published in 2009 and contains both life lessons to his daughters as well as investment advice.

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