Jim Rogers: The Investment Adventurer Everybody Listens To - By: Allan Michael Taylor

When you talk about Jim Rogers, you are talking about one of the foremost authorities and figures when it comes to world investments and global economy. This famous commentator who is often seen on Bloomberg and on other financial television shows seems to know how the market will run and which commodities are the best investments that one can make. This may be why so many people trust in his estimations when it comes to investing in certain commodities and stocks.

Jim Rogers is an authoritative figure that started his foray into the world of finance in the 1970s when he and partner George Soros began the famous Quantum Fund. Also the man behind the Rogers International Commodities Index, this man is not only an authority when it comes to telling you about the economy and about the financial outlook of many countries. He is also a wise businessman and an author. Aside from all of these impressive credentials, as if her were not busy enough, this man even takes time to take on an adventure or two to add to his list of achievements and activities. His numerous adventures have taken him around the world and are well documented in one of his books entitled Investment Biker. This is titled as such since it details his escapades as he travelled across the globe on his motorcycle in 1990 up to 1992.

He took another world adventure in 1999 up to 2002 and this time he took his wife with him as they drove around the world in a Mercedes that was custom made for this trip. His wife accompanied him as they travelled 116 countries and this trip started off in Iceland and ended in New York. This adventure is also documented in a book which has the title Adventure Capitalist.

This mogul used to live in New York until he decided to move to Asia, to Singapore in particular, and has been there since 2007. He sold his New York City mansion for a whopping sixteen million dollars and the move was said to have been more of a business strategy, above everything else. Jim Rogers says that this is the right time for investments in the region and Asia is the place to be. To really make his point, he even had his eldest daughter study Mandarin to impress on others that he really is serious when he says that Asia is the next big thing when it comes to investments.

He believes that China is a nation that is filled with people who are driven and highly motivated. He wants his children to be around people who are like that, although he did choose to live in a city that is not entirely Chinese, unlike Shanghai or Hong Kong. The reason why he chose Singapore as his new home is due to the pollution that the other cities in the area had. This had him concerned about health problems that may emerge if he and his family lived in these other cities.

About the Author

Alex Garcia is a finance student at CSULA. He writes about Jim Rogers at All Things Jim Rogers, the number one unauthorized Jim Rogers blog.

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