Jim Rogers started trading the stock market with $600 in 1968.In 1973 he formed the Quantum Fund with the legendary investor George Soros before retiring, a multi millionaire at the age of 37. Rogers and Soros helped steer the fund to a miraculous 4,200% return over the 10 year span of the fund while the S&P 500 returned just 47%.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

BRICs look for more diversity in reserve currencies

The world 's major emerging economies the BRIC nations Brazil Russia India and China are looking at buying each others bonds, and a greater IMF role, to minimize reliance on the U.S. dollar in their talks in Ekaterinburg. They call for bigger say in Monetary Institutions , The BRIC Bloc is born to " confront failures in the financial systems" after the collapse of the US dominated financial system these countries want a greater say in how things are run and they want a smaller role for the US Dollar , the BRIC countries hold trillions of dollars in foreign currency reserves so they would also suffer if the dollar falls , one option is the boost the role of their own currencies . Russia offers to expand the basket of currencies behind the IMF reserves , The basket should include Ruble Yuan and Gold says Russia presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich
Jim Rogers "the 19th century was the century of the UK , the 20th century was the century of the US , the 21 st century is going to be the century of China "
Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...