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I think the super cycle is still intact. The CRB is almost a 100% higher than it's low in 98 and 01. And still higher than when he started getting bullish on commodities in the 90's. Remarkable IMO, given how much its crashed. And still higher than stocks.

In many interviews, he references the ups and downs of commodities. He'll say (paraphrasing), "oil has gone down by 40 or 50% 4 times in the last 10 years. But it wasn't the end of the bull market". I think his general strategy is to see a big shift (of 10-20 years) and stay long until a...

I think Jim's brilliant. There's more than enough information out there about him to see what his trades/past ideas have been. Investment Biker, Adventure Capitalist, Hot Commodities. And many other interviews, like Money Masters of our time, Market Wizards, Inside the House of Money. He...

My projections... -Everyone that bought stocks after 94/95/96 is going to break even for 20 years, and sell in digust at the end. The exact same cycle as the late 20's to early 50's, and late 60's to early 80's. We've already had 10 years of no growth in the S&P. Figure another 10, 12, 15...

I've done some research on Jim (not extensive, but after so many books, investment biker, ad capitalist, youtube videos, old interviews), it's not hard to paint a picture. Why is he so smart? -He's willing to buy or sell anything. Total flexability (recently buying taiwan). He's not...

I'm curious about Rogers net worth, it must be more than a $150 million. He "retired" with $10 or $15 mil in 1980. Or, so the story goes. Since then, you can look through his books and interviews for a glimpse of his record. It isn't perfect, but you figure, even $8 mil at 12% for 28 years...

I came close yesterday to buying calls at the end on some of the indexes. It was "End of the world talk" sunday night. Now, maybe this time it is the end of the world, and you get wiped out. But in my trading notes from March when Bear got bought out, it was end of the world talk, the...

The guy's an oracle. It's stunning to watch. I watch his youtube clips alot. He had interview in Money Masters of our Time. Schwagger's "Market Wizards". A couple other books (Inside the House of Money). He's done a bunch of interviews for his books, Investment Biker and Adveture Capitalist...

The financial channels and media sources are so dumb, they never provide any background to Jim's picks or predictions. He's big picture, global, long term. The US media is the exact opposite. US centric, obsessed with the minute by minute. Jim's long term picks are viewed through this...

Its nice to see some other fans of his on here. From his Market Wizards interview, his books, and some google news searches (I do those every now and then, "Jim rogers" commodities, or "jim rogers" stocks) you can learn a heck of a lot about his track record. Here's my Market Wizards...

I've been in the markets, on and off, since 98/99 (first got into trading from seeing a Wade Cook commercial). The reasons why people don't make money in trading aren't groundbreaking or new... -Lack of discpline -Get emotionally attached to a trade -Get swayed/distracted by what...

I think Jim's a genius and so underrated in the general press and media. Doesn't seem like many people really "get" his track record. -Up thousands of percent in the 70's with Soros (this is pretty much undisputed). -Major calls in the 80's and 90's. In his Market Wizards interview, he...

The trading business is pretty weird. In other professions, you have a gauge of who's successful and who isn't. Take the world of basketball. On the entire planet, you know who's great and who isn't. You know Jordans skill vs some guy down the street playing pick up. You know, roughly...

I like the women on CNBC (especially Ms Money Honey), but for traders and investors, it's worthless. TV is a horrible format for learning about the market. Great for them, very bad for you. It thrives on action and motion. It has to fill a half hour or an hours worth of time. Yet the most...

It fascinates me how the OJ market has gone full circle since I first started this thread more than 2 years ago. Suffice to say, I would be massively selling OJ right here at $1.90 if for some reason you're still holding on. It's bumping up against long term highs (back in the late 80's near...

I live in LA and it's just insane. Alice in wonderland type economics. All the housing bulls talked about low supply, population growth, immigration. But none of that matters. How are people going to afford it? I fully expect to read, on the front page of the LA Times, people swearing off...

Ripley, I don't remember the exact quote (I think it was in one of his books), he said... "Don't waste your money on Business School. Go out and start a business and learn about the real world." Jim's a big contrarian. I think what he meant was, don't get confined to academia. Learn on...

I can't think of too many other businesses where you can start with just a few thousand dollars. -Low barriers to entry -The lure of a fast education -Infomericals/Wade Cook type guys, etc -The lure of simplicity (buy when the light is green, sell when it's red!!) -Tremendous upside...

My favorite investor is anyone with results. Buffett, Rogers, Soros, PT Jones, anyone in the Market Wizards series, etc. In the investing universe, there's so few people worth listening. It's the only business I can think of where the .250 hitters get taken seriously. Stick to the .400 hitters...

Count me as a major fan of Jimmy. Of course he'll be wrong on some calls and he's a horrible market timer, but he makes 98% of everyone else out there look like rank amateurs. His round the world trips probably cost more than most of the talking heads make in a year. He's made his fortune...