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James "Jim" Beeland Rogers, Jr (born 19 October 1942) is co founder along with George Soros, of the Quantum Fund. College professor, author, world traveler, economic commentator and creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI); Jim is profiled in the book Market Wizards by Jack D. Schwager. He grew up in Demopolis, Alabama, and got started in business at the age of five, selling peanuts. He got his first job on Wall Street, at Dominick & Dominick, in 1964 after graduating from Yale University. When he got the job he "didn't know anything" about Wall Street, and "didn't even know that there was a difference between stocks and bonds," but he "instantly fell in love" with that kind of work. October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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George Soros George Soros (pronounced ) (born August 12, 1930 in Budapest, Hungary as György Schwartz) is a financial speculator, stock investor, convicted felon, liberal political activist, philanthropist and philosopher. ...
A book written by Jack D. Schwager and published in 1988 where he interviews a group of traders with good track records of returns on the market or that have a insights on how to improve as a trader. ...
Author of Market Wizards and The New Market Wizards ...
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Business After studying at Oxford, Rogers came back to the U.S. and joined the Army for a few years. In 1970, he joined Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder, where he met George Soros. George Soros George Soros (pronounced ) (born August 12, 1930 in Budapest, Hungary as György Schwartz) is a financial speculator, stock investor, convicted felon, liberal political activist, philanthropist and philosopher. ...
The same year, he and Soros founded the Quantum Fund. During the following 10 years the fund gained 3,365% according to Mr. Rogers ("from 12-31-1969 to 12-31-1980, the Soros Fund chalked up a gain of 3,365%") while the Dow Industrials advanced about 20% (963.99/800.36) ([1]). It was one of the first truly international funds. In 1980, he decided to "retire." Soros Fund Management LLC is a privately held corporation providing financial services and investment strategies for various funds including some controversial hedge funds such as the Quantum Group of Funds. ...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is one of several stock market indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company founder Charles Dow. ...
Since then, he's been a guest professor of finance at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. In 1989 and 1990 he was the moderator of WCBS's "The Dreyfus Roundtable" and FNN's "The Profit Motive with Jim Rogers." In 2002, he became a regular guest on FOX News Cavuto on Business which airs every Saturday. Columbia Business School Columbia Business School (part of Columbia University), officially named the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and also known as CBS, was established in 1916 to provide business training and professional preparation for undergraduate and graduate Columbia University students. ...
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In 1998 he founded the Rogers International Commodity Index, which has increased 263% since Aug. 1, 1998 (as of June 2006). In 2005, Rogers wrote the book Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market. In this book, Rogers quotes a Financial Analysts Journal academic paper co-authored by Yale School of Management professor, Geert Rouwenhorst, titled Facts and Fantasies about Commodity Futures. Rogers contends this paper shows that commodities investment is one of the best investments over time, which is a concept counter to conventional investment thinking. The Roger International Commodity Index (RICI) is a commodity index developed by Jim Rogers in 1998. ...
The Yale School of Management (also known as Yale SOM) is the graduate business school of Yale University and is located on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Yale SOM offers M.B.A. and Ph. ...
RICI returns July 31 1998 - July 30 2004 (6 years) (closing prices) RICI returns compared with equity, debt, real estate. - Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI) +167.441%
- S&P 500 Index -1.69%
- Lehman Long Treasury Bond Index +49.36%
- Vanguard REIT Index +28.04%
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Travels In the 1980s he traveled on motorcycle through China. In 1990-1992 he traveled through China again, and around the world, on motorcycle, 65,065 miles across six continents, which was picked up in the Guinness Book of World Records. Between 1-1-1999 and 5-2-2002 he did another Guinness World Record journey through 116 countries, covering 245,000 kilometers. The trip began in Iceland, which was about to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Leif Eriksson's first trip to America. On January 5th 2002 they were back in New York City and their home on Riverside Drive. A statue of Leif Eriksson near the Minnesota State Capitol in St. ...
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Riverside Drive is a scenic north-south thoroughfare in New York City. ...
Jim Rogers is set to appear at the FXCM Forex Trading Expo in Las Vegas on December 10 2006, where he will be delivering the keynote address.
Sayings - You get your information from the Russian government and the World Bank!? Are you mad?
- You do your research, pick the companies you like and buy them. Otherwise you might as well sit home and watch the movies.
- Luck always follows the prepared mind.
- It is better to remain silent and have people wonder if you are an idiot, rather than to open your mouth and prove to everyone you are an idiot beyond all doubt.
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External links
Articles - An Early Christmas for Jim Rogers - DECEMBER 8, 2004
- Investor Guide - Jim Rogers: Secrets of an Investing Legend ... - December 2004
- HFM – Hedge Fund Manager Magazine - Shooting from the lip - 23/8/2004
- HFM – Hedge Fund Manager Magazine - Rogers rides commodities curve ahead of HF crashes - 6/12/2004
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News - Jim Rogers goes to Asia, sells his house for 15 million (bought for 105,000).
- Statement by James B. Rogers, Jr. Regarding Rogers International Raw Materials Fund, L.P - October 28, 2004
Writings - Jim Rogers' Email Exchange with a Harvard Business School Russian Student
- The Dalai Lama and Jim Rogers Exchange
Further reading Schwager, Jack D. (1993). Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders. 40 pages: Collins; Reissue edition. ISBN 0887306101. Author of Market Wizards and The New Market Wizards ...
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