Jim rogers, whose entertaining accounts of his travels around the world studying the markets from russia to singapore from the ground up has enthralled readers, investors and wall street aficionados for two decades in such books as investment biker, adventure capitalist, hot commodities and a bull in china. Pdf investment biker around the world with jim rogers. After a stint in the army, he began work on wall street. This is the fascinating story of his 1990 investing trip around the world. I find jim rogers travelling round the world and evaluating investment potential very inspiring. With wisdom, humor, and amusing antidotes, the investment biker recounts his lifes experiences in a manner that is as entertaining as it is educational. Street smarts by jim rogers penguin books australia.
How anyone can invest profitably in the worlds best market 2004, a bull in china. Famed investor jim rogers has published a book that is part autobiography, part geopolitics, and part investment wisdom. Jim rogers has written several successful books such as investment biker. Around the world with jim rogers new ed by rogers, jim isbn. Around the world with jim rogesr 1995, adventure capitalist. Jim rogers has 42 books on goodreads with 12516 ratings.
Jim rogers, rogers holdings chairman, says he is not buying u. Jim rogers became a wall street legend when he and george soros founded the quantum fund. He cofounded a global investment partnership, the quantum fund, in the 1970s which made a. The unique blending of jim rogers opinion about each country from the investment angle adds substance to the stories. Before you invest another dollar anywhere in the world including the united states, read this book by the man time magazine calls the indiana. Investment biker and adventure capitalist, which he doesnt shrink from quoting in street. Investing profitably in the worlds greatest market 2007, a gift to my. View pdf investment biker around the world with jim rogers. He has been frequently featured in time, the washington post, the new york times, barrons, forbes, fortune, the wall street journal, the financial times, the business. Jim rogers, an attorney and certified public accountant, is a lifelong southern baptist, raised in a small conservative baptist church in west texas. He fires off a plethora of pretty wild and in my view pretty outrageous ideas and i cant help feel that the scatter gun approach is just so in the off chance that one of them actually goes through he can. He also wrote a wellreceived book, investment biker, that chronicled his 1990 motorcycle trip around the world. He chronicled his oneofakind journey in investment biker. He traveled for 3 years on his roundtheworld, guinness world record journey.
Adventures on the road and in the markets crown publishing, 20 gives his views on investing, which countries are growing more powerful and which are declining, what america must do to reform its society, and the value of raising children. Jim rogers became a wall street legend when he cofounded the quantum fund. Born in 1942, jim rogers had his first job at age five, picking up bottles at baseball games. From 199092, jim set out to fulfil a lifelong dream. Jim rogers, author and financial guru, on the radio with glenn beck discussing his book street smarts. This book is about rogers roundtheworld trip on a bmw motorcycle from 1990 to 1992. Investment expert and author jim rogers, a native of demopolis, alabama, is an author, financial commentator, adventurer, and successful international investor. In his book investment biker jim rogers gives us his unique travelers and investors view on the current state and future direction of international.
Jim rogers personal information in april 2019, jim rogers received the honorary ph. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Before you invest another dollar anywhere in the world including the united states, read this book by the. Regarded by the business world as a brilliant investor, rogers is also an author and financial commentator. Instead of spending their days and nights interacting with lobbyists and with each other, theyd spend their days and nights interacting with all of us. How anyone can invest profitably in the worlds greatest market. Well, when i wrote my first book investment biker back in the early 1990s, among several suggestions, one was that instead of sending congressmen and senators to washington, we let them stay at home and vote from home. Before you invest another dollar anywhere in the world including the united states, read this book by the man time magazine calls the indiana jones of finance. Legendary investor jim rogers gives us his view of the world on a twentytwomonth, fiftytwocountry motorcycle odyssey in his bestselling businessadventure book, investment biker, which has already sold more than 200,000 copies. He has read through the entire bible, word by word, three times, taught bible studies to large su. He is the author of several books and also a financial commentator worldwide. Jim rogers keynote speakers bureau and speaking fee.
He cofounded the global investment partnership, quantum fund, along with george soros, another equally brilliant businessman. Investment biker is a book about his adventure and his thoughts on economy and investment in remote corners of the world. In february 20 rogers joined the board of advisors of the coalition to reduce spending. Jim rogers is a legendary investor that cofounded the quantum fund and retired at age thirtyseven. Jim rogers explains what is direct democracy jim rogers blog. Adventures on the road and in the markets was published in february 20. Discover book depositorys huge selection of jim rogers books online. A strange work of travel writing that might well have been entitled international investment and the art of motorcycle maintenance. Motorcycle enthusiasts and investors interested in predictions about the world economy will enjoy this account by fasttrack biker and financier rogers of his 20month world odyssey in search of financial enlightenment. I almost got the feeling that jim headed out on this journey just as an excuse to write a book about his world view and geopolical ideas. Legendary investor jim rogers gives us his view of the world on a 22month, 52country motorcycle odyssey in his bestselling businessadventure book. Rogers is also the creator of the rogers international commodity index rici and is now the chairman of beeland interests, inc.
Rogers also embarked on a millennium adventure in 1999. Investment biker is the fascinating story of rogerss global motorcycle journeyinvesting trip, with hardheaded advice on the current state and future direction of international economies that will guide and inspire investors interested in foreign markets. As a private investor, he constantly analyzed the countries through which he traveled for investment ideas. Review of jim rogers investment autobiography, street smarts. Legendary investor jim rogers gives us his view of the world on a 22month, 52 country motorcycle odyssey in his bestselling businessadventure book. He was previously a visiting professor of finance at columbia university graduate school. Forget china, buy russia published mon, jan 9 2017 11.
Winning a scholarship to yale, rogers was coxswain on the crew. Investment biker isbn 9780812968712 pdf epub jim rogers. Rogers likes this country because the country is rich in natural resources and also has a government that is trying to create a system that rewards the. If you read jim rogers original book investment biker you will know that he has a knack for finding emerging countries ready to boom and investing before the rest of the world figures out what is going on.
Jim grew up in demopolis, alabama, and got started in business at the age of five, selling peanuts. Published in 1994, it documents not only the authors. Legendary investor jim rogers gives us his view of the world on a 22month, 52country motorcycle odyssey in his bestselling businessadventure book, investment biker, which has already sold more than 200,000 copies. Jim also embarked on a millennium adventure in 1999. Jim rogers, a native of demopolis, alabama, is an author, financial. Jim rogers, whose entertaining accounts of his travels around the world studying the markets from russia to singapore from the ground up has enthralled readers, investors and wall street aficionados for two decades in such books as investment biker, adventure. Wall street legend and bestselling author jim rogers offers investing insights and economic, political, and social. Usa today street smarts is another great read from one of the most astute global investors of our time. Upon graduation, he attended balliol college at oxford. Jim rogers, born 19 oct 1942, is the author of the best seller, investment biker.
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