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Not one country in existence today has had the same borders and government for as long as two hundred years. The world will continue changing.
Jim Rogers
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Jim Rogers
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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Diversification is something that stock brokers came up with to protect themselves, so they wouldn't get sued for making bad investment choices for clients. Henry Ford never diversified, Bill Gates didn't diversify. The way to get rich is to put your eggs in one basket, but watch that basket very carefully. And make sure you have the right basket.
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If anybody laughs at your idea, view it as a sign of potential success!
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If you were smart in 1807 you moved to London, if you were smart in 1907 you moved to New York City, and if you are smart in 2007 you move to Asia.
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I don`t think I own any US stocks, if I do its very few, so few I can`t even remember.
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Unfortunately politicians are not very sound people or they wouldn't be politicians.
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Debasing your currency sometimes works in the short term, it has never worked in the long term and does not even usually work in the medium term. Lots of politicians like to do it because it is an easy way.
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Beware of all politicians everywhere. They excelled at recess when they were in school but have excelled at little since.
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If you bail out every investment bank that gets in trouble, that's not capitalism, that's socialism for the rich
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I just wait until there is money lying in the corner, and all I have to do is go over there and pick it up. I do nothing in the meantime.
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I cannot invest the way I want the world to be I have to invest the way the world is.
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It's a lot of fun finding a country that nobody knows about. The only thing better is finding a country everybody's bullish on and shorting it.
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