Jim Rogers also presents many television shows on various channels dedicated to finance’s subjects. His analyses are regularly published on Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Financial Times, Washington Post….
With a degree from Yale University in his curriculum, Jim Rogers his first job at Wall Street. Six years later, he joined the consulting and investment firm Arnhold & S. Bleichroederen where he worked with George Soros and created the famous investment fund “Quantum Fund”, remembered one of the first truly international funds that has been able to grow by 4200% in ten years.
At 37 years old, Jim Rogers has retired and spent some of his time traveling on a motorcycle around the world. He has accepted a position as professor of finance at Columbia University School of Business and he continuing to manager his own portfolio.
In 1998, he created the Rogers International Commodity Index (RICI) and in 2011,he has started a new index fund which focuses on "the top companies in agriculture, mining, metals and energy sectors as well as those in the alternative energy space including solar, wind and hydro." The index is called The Rogers Global Resources Equity Index and according to Rogers, only the best and most liquid companies go into the index.
In December 2007, Jim Rogers sold his mansion in New York City and moved to Singapore. He claimed that he moved because now is a ground-breaking time for investment potential in Asian markets. Rogers's first daughter is now being tutored in Mandarin to prepare her for the future. He is quoted as saying: "If you were smart in 1807 you moved to London, if you were smart in 1907 you moved to New York City, and if you are smart in 2007 you move to Asia." In a CNBC interview with Maria Bartiromo broadcast on May 5, 2008, Rogers said that people in China are very motivated and driven, and he wants to live that type of environment, so his daughters are motivated and driven. He also stated that this is how America and Europe used to be. He chose not to move to Chinese cities like Hong Kong or Shanghai which posed a risk to health hazard for his family due to pollutions; hence, he chose Singapore. He has also advocated investing in certain smaller Asian frontier markets such as Sri Lanka and Cambodia, and currently serves as an Advisor to Leopard Capital’s Leopard Sri Lanka Fund. However, he is not fully bullish on all Asian nations, as he is not optimistic of India's future – "India as we know it will not survive another 30 or 40 years".
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