Talk:Jim Rogers

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[edit] Who wrote this?

  • "Oxford University 1967-1970 (?)
  • After Oxford he went back to the US and joined the army, in 1970 he went back to Wall Street and joined Dominick and Dominick again. In 1970 he joined Arnold S. Bleichroeder, where he met George Soros.
  • In 1970 he founded...."

Is there a pariot at work here? He "went back" & "and joined" & "in 1970"... This is poorly written. Can we do better? Here is the word for today: "THESAURUS" WikiDon 05:16, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merged

I went ahead and merged Jimmy Rogers (author) stub into here. It's clearly the same guy. For the record here's what the stub said "Jimmy Rogers is the cofounder of the Quantum Fund and the author of several books. He retired shortly after founding the Quantum Fund, but has continued to invest in the company personally.

Born in Wetumpka, Rogers is also the executive of various television stations through his company, Sunbelt Communications. Rogers is also a professor.


[edit] Books authored by Jimmy Rogers Hot Commodities, Random House (2004) ISBN 1-4000-6337-X Investment Biker, Random House (2003) ISBN 0-8129-6871-9 Adventure Capitalist, Random House (2003) ISBN 0-375-50912-7"

The 2nd paragraph has 2 pieces of info not in here 1) Wetumpka, Alabama and Sunbelt Communications. I've taken the risk of adding Wetumpka into this article, but can't confirm it factually.

Smallbones 08:55, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Quick notes on sources

I'm a Jim Rogers 'fan'. I recognize some of the (currently uncited) quotes made in this article,

"didn't know anything"[citation needed] about Wall Street, and "didn't even know that there was a difference between stocks and bonds",[citation needed] but he "instantly fell in love"[citation needed] with that kind of work. - I'm pretty sure these are from his book Hot Commodities, the first chapter IIRC, fantastic book btw.

  1. You get your information from the Russian government and the World Bank!? Are you mad?[citation needed]

This is from his email exchange with a Harvard Business School student. Here's a link to it: http://www.kanai.net/weblog/archive/2003/09/19/14h49m03s or http://www.autopenhosting.org/futuresoptions/Jim-Rogers-Russia.html

  1. You do your research, pick the companies you like and buy them. Otherwise you might as well sit home and watch the movies.[citation needed]

Sounds like him but I can't remember the specific context.

  1. Luck always follows the prepared mind.[citation needed]

This sounds like a rephrasing of Louis Pasteur, who said, "Fortune favors the prepared mind" (translated from French).

  1. It is better to remain silent and have people wonder if you are an idiot, rather than to open your mouth and prove to everyone you are an idiot beyond all doubt.[citation needed]

That's from the Harvard Business School student discussion, I wonder if it can be original though.

  1. Sometimes I wonder if our central bank is just going to print money until we run out of trees.[citation needed]

http://www.jimrogers.com/content/stories/articles/THE_DOWNWARD_SPIRAL.htm

  1. Even my mother knows there was a bubble. (Regarding the late 90s tech bubble.)[citation needed]

Hmmm, I think from one of his books, not sure which one.

  1. They wouldn't be politicians if they knew what they were doing.[citation needed]

From one of his books I think. Maybe the last chapter of adventure capitalist.

  1. Get out of the dollar, teach your children Chinese and buy as many commodities as you can.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/12/13/cncommod13.xml Jim Rogers has told a packed audience of natural resources investors to "get out of the dollar, teach your children Chinese and buy as many commodities as you can".

Ok, that's all I have time for now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.94.178.46 (talk) 07:56, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bull in America: How I Predicted 26 of the Last 3 Recessions - December 12, 2007 (ISBN 1400061341)

This imaginary book was made up in September 2007 by Kucinich08, deleted by Gnangarra, and added back by 142.59.227.42.

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2007-11-21T04:31:29 Gnangarra (Talk | contribs) (9,153 bytes) (→Books - rmv book isbn checked unknown) (undo)
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Archimerged (talk) 03:03, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

This imaginary book keeps getting added back in--I deleted it again--is there any way we can protect this page and prevent this from recurring? SteelWheel (talk) 08:54, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I have once again had to delete this imaginary book. I know somebody out there thinks it's funny or has a disagreement with Rogers, but Wikipedia is not the place for it, for sure. I also reported this on the talk page for Biographies of living persons (Noticeboard). Hopefully, we can get some protection for this article. And the pranksters can take this stuff to uncyclopedia, where it belongs (and where, btw, I would find it quite funny) SteelWheel (talk) 09:12, 17 January 2008 (UTC)