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| James Beeland Rogers, Jr. | |
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| Born | October 19 1942 Wetumpka, Alabama, USA |
| Website | jimrogers.com |
For other uses, see: James Rogers (disambiguation).
James B. Rogers, Jr. (born October 19, 1942) is an American investor and financial commentator. He is co-founder, along with George Soros, of the Quantum Fund, and is a college professor, author, world traveler, economic commentator, and creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI).
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Rogers, whose full name is James Beeland Rogers, was born in Wetumpka, Alabama. He grew up in Demopolis, getting started in business at the age of five, picking up bottles at baseball games. He got his first job on Wall Street, at Dominick & Dominick, after graduating with a bachelor\'s degree from Yale University in 1964. Rogers then acquired a master\'s degree from Oxford University in 1966. After Oxford, Rogers returned to the U.S. and enlisted in the army for a few years.
In 1970, Rogers joined Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder, where he met George Soros. That same year, Rogers and Soros founded the Quantum Fund. During the following 10 years the fund gained 4200% while the S&P advanced about 47% (963.99/800.36).James Rogers. streetstories.com (undated). Retrieved on 2007-07-26. It was one of the first truly international funds.
In 1980, Rogers decided to "retire", and traveled on motorcycle through China. Since then, he has been a guest professor of finance at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
In 1989 and 1990, Rogers was the moderator of WCBS\'s The Dreyfus Roundtable and FNN\'s The Profit Motive with Jim Rogers. From 1990 to 1992, he traveled through China again, as well as around the world, on motorcycle, over 100,000 miles (160,000 km) across six continents, which was picked up in the Guinness Book of World Records. He tells of his adventures and worldwide investments in Investment Biker.
In 1998, Rogers founded the Rogers International Commodity Index. In 2007, the index and its 3 sub-indices were linked to exchange-traded notes under the banner ELEMENTS. The notes track the total return of the indices as an accessible way to invest in the index.
Between January 1, 1999 and May 1, 2002, Rogers did another Guinness World Record journey through 116 countries, covering 245,000 kilometers with his fiancée Paige Parker in a custom made Mercedes. The trip began in Iceland, which was about to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Leif Eriksson\'s first trip to America. On January 5, 2002, they were back in New York City and their home on Riverside Drive. He wrote Adventure Capitalist following this around-the-world adventure.
On his return in 2002, Rogers became a regular guest on Fox News\' Cavuto on Business which airs every Saturday. He has a daughter, Happy, born in 2003.Benjamin Scent, "Six more hard years tipped for subprime fallout", The Standard, November 19, 2007 In 2005, Rogers wrote Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World\'s Best Market. In this book, Rogers quotes a Financial Analysts Journal academic paper co-authored by Yale School of Management professor, Geert Rouwenhorst, entitled Facts and Fantasies about Commodity Futures. Rogers contends this paper shows that commodities investment is one of the best investments over time, which is a concept somewhat at odds with conventional investment thinking.
In 2008, Rogers sold his mansion in New York City to move to Singapore. This is due mainly in his belief that this is a ground breaking time for investment potential in Asian markets. Rogers daughter is being tutored in Mandarin to prepare her for the future he says. "Moving to Singapore and Dubai now is like moving to New York City in 1908," he said. He chose not to move to Hong Kong or Shanghai due to the high levels of pollution causing potential health problems for his daughter.
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