Jim Rogers

Jim Rogers (actually: James Beeland Rogers, Jr.; * October 19, 1942 ) is an American hedge fund manager and author.

Life

Jim Rogers grew up in Demopolis, Alabama. After attending college in Alabama, he studied at Yale University and at the Oxford University History, Philosophy and Economics. He then worked for several international companies on Wall Street. After his return from Oxford he joined the army. He then returned to Wall Street back to the company Dominick and Dominick, when he was already employed once after college. The company Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder he finally got to know George Soros and founded by him in 1970 the hedge fund Quantum Fund.

In 1980, Rogers retired from the management of the Fund. After that, he was a visiting professor at Columbia University, circumnavigated the world twice and wrote books. One of these times around the world, he performed with the bike. He crossed in the dead of the Cold War, the Soviet Union and China.

In 1998, he launched the Rogers International Commodity Index ( RICI ). The weighting of the index members find commodity prices in the everyday life of the people into account.

In 2008, Rogers sold his residential property in New York City and moved to Singapore. Compared with Singapore, he referred to New York in an interview in 2013 as the "city of a developing country " with third-world roads. He compares the growth climate in China with New York City at the time of 1908. 's Economy and dollar crisis in 2008, it presses down on the failed Fed policies. Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke he describes as the worst central banker of all time.

He is married and has two daughters.

" Jim Rogers laid the foundation for his reputation and his wealth in the seventies. At that time he led together with the speculator George Soros a fund that a return of 4200 percent threw off at this time, while the Standard & Poor 's 500 index is not managed by 50 percent. 1980 Rogers did pay off and went his own way from now on. In the summer of 1998, when most succumbed to the Internet hype on Wall Street, he laid a commodity fund at - at exactly the right time, as we know today. "

"The world will survive. She has survived all the stupidities of the people and it will do so this time. "

Writings (selection )

  • Investment Biker: Around the World with Jim Rogers. 1995, ISBN 1-55850-529-6 Investment biker. Around the World with Jim Rogers. Exchange -Verlag, Kulmbach 1998, ISBN 3-922669-26-3
  • The adventures of a capitalist. Financial Accounting -Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-89879-135-1
  • Raw materials. The most attractive market in the world. Like any oil, coffee and Co. can benefit. Financial Accounting -Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-89879-110-6
  • A Gift to My Children: A Father's Lessons For Life And Investing. 2009, ISBN 1-4000-6754-5
  • Investment rules for life. Financial Accounting -Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-89879-481-7
  • Investing in China. So you too can benefit from the largest market in the world. Financial Accounting -Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-89879-311-7
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