Jim Rogers American Quotations

On my recent trip around the world, I bought shares of companies in places like China and Chile, countries I feel have great potential.

Get inside information from the president and you will probably lose half your money. If you get it from the chairman of the board, you will lose all of your money.

Tough times helped many commodities producers become lean and mean through consolidation, mergers and cost-cutting. All that excess supply has been sopped up.

Throughout history the public has always piled into the latest bull market right at the top so few have caught on to the bull market in commodities.

Commodities are a great investment during an inflationary period because increases in the price of raw materials reflect the rising costs of goods.

Bottoms in the investment world don't end with four-year lows; they end with 10- or 15-year lows.

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, high prices led companies to overproduce, leading to substantial excess supply and stockpiling.

I'll sell when Merrill Lynch has commodity brokers in every office again and the TV networks are broadcasting from the soybean pits in Chicago.