Jim Rogers Quotes

If the current birth rate, which is the lowest in the major developed countries, continues, there will be no Japanese. Who will pay the enormous debt?

I`ll sell when Merrill Lynch has commodity brokers in every office again and the TV networks are broadcasting from the soybean pits in Chicago.

Right now I own shares of companies in 28 countries.

Commodities tend to zig when the equity markets zag.

Commodities are a great investment during an inflationary period because increases in the price of raw materials reflect the rising costs of goods.

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.

I think this is also a great time to invest in private equity, helping companies grow from the ground up.

Bottoms in the investment world don`t end with four-year lows; they end with 10- or 15-year lows.

Historically, there has been a bull market in commodities every 20 or 30 years.

Do not buy the hype from Wall St. and the press that stocks always go up. There are long periods when stocks do nothing and other investments are better.

Get inside information from the president and you will probably lose half your money. If you get it from the chairman of the board, you will lose all of your money.

Throughout history the public has always piled into the latest bull market right at the top so few have caught on to the bull market in commodities.

Tough times helped many commodities producers become lean and mean through consolidation, mergers and cost-cutting. All that excess supply has been sopped up.

Most of my thoughts, you couldn`t print.

On my recent trip around the world, I bought shares of companies in places like China and Chile, countries I feel have great potential.

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, high prices led companies to overproduce, leading to substantial excess supply and stockpiling.

Index investing outperforms active management year after year.

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.