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Jim Rogers
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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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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Historically, there has been a bull market in commodities every 20 or 30 years.
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Unfortunately politicians are not very sound people or they wouldn't be politicians.
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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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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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The first loss is the best loss.
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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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I haven't met a rich technician
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If you want to be lucky, do your homework.
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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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I don't think there is a sound UK bank now, at least, if there is one I don't know about it. The City of London is finished, the financial centre of the world is moving east. All the money is in Asia. Why would it go back to the West? You don't need London.
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I’ve got one shot going through this life. I want to make sure I do as much as I can.
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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.
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I learned very early in my investing careers: I better not invest in what I want. I better invest in what's happening in the world. Otherwise I'll be broke - dead broke.
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Most successful investors, in fact, do nothing most of the time.
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Paper money is made of cotton, and I'm long cotton, by the way. One reason I'm long cotton is because Dr. Bernanke is out there running the printing presses as fast as he can.
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You can no longer buy commodities at Merrill Lynch. My guess is many analysts and even executives are too young to know how profitable a hot commodities market can be. They will soon.
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If everyone thinks one way, it is likely to be wrong. If you can figure out that it is wrong, you are likely to make a lot of money.
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Commodities tend to zig when the equity markets zag.
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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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