Sunday, June 13, 2010

Jim Rogers :The Euro will not survive in the long term

Jim Rogers on The Financial Sense Newshour with Jim Puplava 12 June 2010

Jim Rogers is with Jim Puplava to speak about his new book A Gift to My Children: A Father's Lessons for Life and Investing , about the Euro and the future of the European Union and common currency and a range of other economic and political issues

Jim Rogers is the author of Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip and Investment Biker: On the Road with Jim Rogers. He is an investor who has been chronicled in Jon Train’s Money Masters of Our Time, Jack Schwager’s Market Wizards, and other books. He has been frequently featured in Time, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Barron’s, Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and most publications dealing with the economy or finance. He has also appeared as a regular commentator and columnist in various media and has been a visiting professor at Columbia University.

Jim Rogers : The Future of Europe and the Euro

Jim Rogers speaker at The Future of Europe and The Euro Conference by The Foundation Rafael del Pino, Madrid Spain June 16, 2010

Rafael del Pino Foundation has organized a special meeting, under the title "The Future of Europe and the Euro", aims to answer the questions generated by recent market turmoil and the latest decisions of legislators in Spain and Europe. On this day Jim Rogers, George Soros's first partner, co-founder of the Quantum fund and creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI), will be interviewed on the role of markets in the current crisis and his vision of the European economy and Euro by Fernando del Pino, Patron of the Foundation Rafael del Pino, who will also act as moderator of the debate on the single currency, its future and its effect on the Spanish economy in the last decade economists maintain and Alberto Luis de Guindos Recarte .

Who is Jim Rogers ?

James "Jim" Rogers was born in Oct. 19, 1942 and grew up in Demopolis, Alabama .Jim Rogers started trading the stock market with $600 in 1968.In 1973 he formed the Quantum Fund with the legendry 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%. They ran what is considered to be one of the first truly global macro hedge funds. . In 1964 he got his first job on Wall Street at Dominick & Dominick in the summer between high school and Yale University, that's how he got his first experience with stocks and bonds. He immediately fell in love with the job. After Oxford, he returned to the U.S. and joined the army in 1970 he returned to Wall Street, working again with Dominick & Dominick. That same year he joined Arnold S. Bleichroeder, where he met George Soros, and together founded the Quantum Fund. This has opened a new era of global macrotrading and inspired numerous imitations and spin-offs. In the book "Money Masters of Our Time," Jim Rogers writes about that time "the most important thing in my life was work. I did not do anything until I had completed my work." To emphasize this professional ethic , it is good to remember that he did not made any holiday for ten years. In 1980, Jim Rogers has decided to "retire" at 37 years. Since then he has spent much of his time traveling and supporting the causes of philanthropic and taking on many high profile roles in the media. However, he continues to be an active investor and media commentator

Mr. Jim Rogers is Independent Director at Xylem, Inc., a Member-American Section at Société de Chimie Industrielle, a Member-Executive Committee at Sequoyah Corp., a Member at The Business Roundtable, and a Member-Executive Committee Sequoyah Council at Boy Scouts of America.

He is on the Board of Directors at Xylem, Inc. and LORD Corp.

Mr. Rogers was previously employed as a Member by American Chemistry Council, Inc., President by United Way of Greater Kingsport, Executive Chairman by Eastman Chemical Co., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer by Eastman Ventures, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President by Building Materials Corp. of America, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President by GAF Corp., Executive Vice President-Finance by International Specialty Products, Inc., Treasurer by Amphenol Corp., Vice President-Finance by Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, and Naval Aviator by United States Navy.

He also served on the board at Genencor International, Inc.

He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Jim Rogers :The Euro will not survive in the long term

Jim Rogers on The Financial Sense Newshour with Jim Puplava 12 June 2010

Jim Rogers : The Future of Europe and the Euro

Jim Rogers speaker at The Future of Europe and The Euro Conference by The Foundation Rafael del Pino, Madrid Spain June 16, 2010

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