Jim Rogers : Owning the Metals is better than owning the Miners

Over the long term, silver prices will increase, Jim Rogers, who owns silver, told CNBC. "Silver's going to go much, much higher over the next decade," Jim Rogers said. :" the world is having shortages developed in nearly every metal" Jim Rogers explained . " ...I own the metals themselves , I happen to own some Rio Tinto which I have owned for decades , 12 years , basically I rather own the metals themselves rather than the miners ""If you picked the right miners or the right oil company or the right anything you can make a lot more money than you are making in the metal there is no question about that , but the study show that you better off owning the commodities themselves than rather than the miners or the oil companies , for instance natural gas tripled in the last few years , well Enron was a natural gas company , Enron went to zero , natural gas can go down but it cannot go to zero the same with all commodities , if you picked the right one you are going to make a lot lot more money but otherwise you should stay I think with the commodity itself"








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%.