Talk:Jim Rogers

Who wrote this?

 * ''"Oxford University 1967-1970 (?)


 * After Oxford he went back to the US and joined the army, in 1970 he went back to Wall Street and joined Dominick and Dominick again. In 1970 he joined Arnold S. Bleichroeder, where he met George Soros.


 * In 1970 he founded...."

Is there a pariot at work here? He "went back" & "and joined" & "in 1970"... This is poorly written. Can we do better? Here is the word for today: "THESAURUS" WikiDon 05:16, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

In the statement referencing Quantum Fund's returns vs. the stock market in the decade ending 1980, the comparison is made to the S&P 500. However the index values given (9xx/8xx)appear rather to be consistent with the value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average back then (as opposed to the S&P 500).

Merged
I went ahead and merged Jimmy Rogers (author) stub into here. It's clearly the same guy. For the record here's what the stub said "Jimmy Rogers is the cofounder of the Quantum Fund and the author of several books. He retired shortly after founding the Quantum Fund, but has continued to invest in the company personally.

Born in Wetumpka, Rogers is also the executive of various television stations through his company, Sunbelt Communications. Rogers is also a professor.

[edit] Books authored by Jimmy Rogers Hot Commodities, Random House (2004) ISBN 1-4000-6337-X Investment Biker, Random House (2003) ISBN 0-8129-6871-9 Adventure Capitalist, Random House (2003) ISBN 0-375-50912-7"

The 2nd paragraph has 2 pieces of info not in here 1) Wetumpka, Alabama and Sunbelt Communications. I've taken the risk of adding Wetumpka into this article, but can't confirm it factually.

Smallbones 08:55, 10 April 2007 (UTC)


 * There are more than one Jim Rogers in the world (ie the Duke Power CEO and the politician) this one is NOT the one from either Wetumpka or Sunbelt Communications. > Best O Fortuna (talk) 20:04, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Expatriate
I'm gonna adjust some of the lines on Jim Roger's reasons for leaving the United States. He claims it was so he could better position himself in Asia, but I have a strong feeling that US income taxes had a far larger motivation in his decision to leave the US. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.42.162.254 (talk) 17:22, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

As I understand US tax law, Rogers will still have to pay personal income taxes in the US, but this is not that much. I don't know for sure, but I assume Rogers runs his investment company from Singapore. This would allow him to pay Singapore corporate taxes, which are lower than the US. I also understand that Singapore has rules that allow companies incorporated there to find other loopholes. See the following-

stephenchua.com/offshore-banking/tax-haven/singapore-the-low-tax-or-no-tax-haven/  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.42.162.254 (talk) 17:54, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Quick notes on sources
I'm a Jim Rogers 'fan'. I recognize some of the (currently uncited) quotes made in this article,

"didn't know anything"[citation needed] about Wall Street, and "didn't even know that there was a difference between stocks and bonds",[citation needed] but he "instantly fell in love"[citation needed] with that kind of work. - I'm pretty sure these are from his book Hot Commodities, the first chapter IIRC, fantastic book btw.


 * 1) You get your information from the Russian government and the World Bank!? Are you mad?[citation needed]

This is from his email exchange with a Harvard Business School student. Here's a link to it: http://www.kanai.net/weblog/archive/2003/09/19/14h49m03s or http://www.autopenhosting.org/futuresoptions/Jim-Rogers-Russia.html


 * 1) You do your research, pick the companies you like and buy them. Otherwise you might as well sit home and watch the movies.[citation needed]

Sounds like him but I can't remember the specific context.

This sounds like a rephrasing of Louis Pasteur, who said, "Fortune favors the prepared mind" (translated from French).
 * 1) Luck always follows the prepared mind.[citation needed]


 * 1) 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.[citation needed]

That's from the Harvard Business School student discussion, I wonder if it can be original though.


 * 1) Sometimes I wonder if our central bank is just going to print money until we run out of trees.[citation needed]

http://www.jimrogers.com/content/stories/articles/THE_DOWNWARD_SPIRAL.htm


 * 1) Even my mother knows there was a bubble. (Regarding the late 90s tech bubble.)[citation needed]

Hmmm, I think from one of his books, not sure which one.


 * 1) They wouldn't be politicians if they knew what they were doing.[citation needed]

From one of his books I think. Maybe the last chapter of adventure capitalist.


 * 1) Get out of the dollar, teach your children Chinese and buy as many commodities as you can.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/12/13/cncommod13.xml Jim Rogers has told a packed audience of natural resources investors to "get out of the dollar, teach your children Chinese and buy as many commodities as you can".

Ok, that's all I have time for now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.94.178.46 (talk) 07:56, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Bull in America: How I Predicted 26 of the Last 3 Recessions - December 12, 2007 (ISBN 1400061341)
This imaginary book was made up in September 2007 by Kucinich08, deleted by Gnangarra, and added back by 142.59.227.42.

2007-12-10T21:10:06 142.59.227.42 (Talk) (7,353 bytes) (Undid revision 172875901 by Gnangarra (talk)) (undo) 2007-11-21T04:31:29 Gnangarra (Talk | contribs) (9,153 bytes) (→Books - rmv book isbn checked unknown) (undo) 2007-09-30T10:47:34 Kucinich08 (Talk | contribs) (7,255 bytes) (undo) 2007-09-20T14:54:32 Kucinich08 (Talk | contribs) (6,786 bytes) (undo)

Archimerged (talk) 03:03, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

This imaginary book keeps getting added back in--I deleted it again--is there any way we can protect this page and prevent this from recurring? SteelWheel (talk) 08:54, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I have once again had to delete this imaginary book. I know somebody out there thinks it's funny or has a disagreement with Rogers, but Wikipedia is not the place for it, for sure. I also reported this on the talk page for Biographies of living persons (Noticeboard). Hopefully, we can get some protection for this article. And the pranksters can take this stuff to uncyclopedia, where it belongs (and where, btw, I would find it quite funny) SteelWheel (talk) 09:12, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Abolish the fed
Source: http://www.cnbc.com/id/23588079

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnmo41TbK_Q

That last once has abolish the fed AND short-selling. Jim Rogers owns 8)

VTNC (talk) 04:15, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Austrian Economics
Perhaps, with the above video and this podcast we should mention something about the Austrian economics influence on Rogers. He lays out the Austrian Business Cycle Theory in the youtube video, along with his call for abolishing the Fed. Rogers also says he supports the Ludwig Von Mises Institute and Lew Rockwell calls him a student of Austrian Economics in the podcast without any objection from Rogers. Our enemy, the state (talk) 06:40, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Degree at Oxford
Anyone know for sure what degree Rogers obtained at Oxford? Someone changed it from a master's to a second BA, although I can't find anything on the net that confirms the statement either way. Lasersharp (talk) 06:51, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

I thought this was incorrect as well. I would be very surprised if it was possible to get a BA from Oxford in 2 years (plus some time working on Wall Street - he must have been busy between 1964 and 1966 :-) ). An MA sounds far more likely. 82.1.151.22 (talk) 16:58, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

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Vietnam service
Although Rogers served in the army during the Vietnam War era, no reliable sources found as of yet state that he actually served in Vietnam during the war. Accordingly, Category:American military personnel of the Vietnam War was removed from the article. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 13:43, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

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