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James Beeland Rogers Jr. (born October 19, 1942) is an American businessman, investor, traveler, financial commentator and author based in Singapore. Rogers is the Chairman of Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests, Inc. He was the co-founder of the Quantum Fund and creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI).

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Right now I own shares of companies in 28 countries.

Companies, Company, Countries, Country, Share, Shares

If anybody laughs at your idea, view it as a sign of potential success!

Idea, Ideas, Laughing, Potential, Success, Views

Never act upon wishful thinking. Act without checking the facts, and chances are that you will be swept away along with the mob.

Act, Chance, Checking, Facts, Thinking, Wishful

Buy low and sell high. It's pretty simple. The problem is knowing what's low and what's high.

High, Knowing, Low, Problem, Simple

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.

1907, 2007, Moving, New York, Smart, York

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

Become, Cutting, Helped, Mean, Tough Times

Beware of all politicians everywhere. They excelled at recess when they were in school but have excelled at little since.

Everywhere, Littles, Politician, Politicians, School

You will never get anywhere if you do not do your homework.

Anywhere, Homework, Ifs

I just wait until there is money lying in the corner, and all I have to do is go over there and pick it up. I do nothing in the meantime.

Corners, Lying, Meantime, Money, Pick, Waiting

If everyone thinks one way, it is likely to be wrong. If you can figure out that it is wrong, you are likely to make a lot of money.

Figure, Figures, Likely, Thinking, Way

It's a lot of fun finding a country that nobody knows about. The only thing better is finding a country everybody's bullish on and shorting it.

Bullish, Country, Finding, Fun, Knows, Nobody Knows

One of the best rules anybody can learn about investing is to do nothing, absolutely nothing, unless there is something to do. I just wait until there is money lying in the corner, and all I have to do is go over there and pick it up. I wait for a situation that is like the proverbial shooting fish in a barrel.

Investing, Lying, Money, Pick, Situation, Waiting

Without giving specific names, most of the significant American banks, the larger banks, are bankrupt, totally bankrupt.

Banks, Giving, Larger, Names, Significant

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.

Analysts, Commodities, Commodity, Hot, Longer, Young

The most sensible skill that I can give to somebody born in 2003 is a perfect command of Mandarin.

Born, Giving, Mandarin, Perfect, Skills

Bottoms in the investment world don't end with four-year lows; they end with 10- or 15-year lows.

Bottoms, Four, Investing Money, Investment, World, Years

I learned very early in my investing careers: I better not invest in what I want. I better invest in what's happening in the world. Otherwise I'll be broke - dead broke.

Broke, Dead, Early, Investing, World

I don`t think I own any US stocks, if I do its very few, so few I can`t even remember.

Ifs, Remember, Stocks, Think, Thinking

Diversification is something that stock brokers came up with to protect themselves, so they wouldn't get sued for making bad investment choices for clients. Henry Ford never diversified, Bill Gates didn't diversify. The way to get rich is to put your eggs in one basket, but watch that basket very carefully. And make sure you have the right basket.

Basket, Choices, Clients, Eggs, Investment, Rich

I don't think there is a sound UK bank now, at least, if there is one I don't know about it. The City of London is finished, the financial centre of the world is moving east. All the money is in Asia. Why would it go back to the West? You don't need London.

Business, London, Money, Moving, Sound, Thinking

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