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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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Jim Rogers
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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James Jim Beeland Rogers
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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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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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Without giving specific names, most of the significant American banks, the larger banks, are bankrupt, totally bankrupt.
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Lady Luck smiles on those who continue their efforts
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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 cannot invest the way I want the world to be I have to invest the way the world is.
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I was poor once, I didn't like it, I don't want to be poor again.
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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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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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Never act upon wishful thinking. Act without checking the facts, and chances are that you will be swept away along with the mob.
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I haven't met a rich technician
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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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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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If anybody laughs at your idea, view it as a sign of potential success!
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When things go wrong on a macroeconomic level, it's almost always this way. People find someone to blame, whether it's blacks, whites, Christians, Jews, Muslims-whoever.
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Historically, there has been a bull market in commodities every 20 or 30 years.
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The price of a commodity will never go to zero. When you invest in commodities futures, you're not buying a piece of paper that says you own an intangible piece of company that can go bankrupt.
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The first loss is the best loss.
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Commodities tend to zig when the equity markets zag.
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