The Risks Of Holding ETF’s

In a recent interview with MarketWatch, Jim Rogers highlighted the risks of owning Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) when a bear market in stocks eventually arrives:

"When we have the bear market, a lot of people are going to find that, ‘Oh my God, I own an ETF, and they collapsed. It went down more than anything else.’ And the reason it will go down more than anything else is because that’s what everybody owns."

The US Dollar Will Lose The Currency Reserve Status

When the US Dollar replaced the British Pound (GBP) as the world`s reserve currency, there was no one really going around trying to do it quickly.  Now you have several major economic forces: Russia, China, Iran and a few others that want this to happen. So, it will happen faster, this time.

Investing: How To Be Successful

The only people are successful in investing or in most things of the people who stay with what they know. I happen to think that Asia is going to be the most important continent in the 21st century. 

I know there's lots and lots of opportunities in Asia, I just see them every day but that does not mean you shouldn't stay with what you know.

Gold: Prepare For A Huge Bubble

I hope I'm smart enough to prepare for that huge bubble that's coming down the road. (SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX))

I've Got Plenty of Gold

I've got plenty of gold I'm not worried before this is over gold is going to turn into its own bubble because whenever there are big problems and people lose confidence in government and paper money they always buy gold and silver doesn't matter whether they should or they shouldn't that's what they do okay so they'll do it again. (SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX))

Asia: I Don't See A War Anytime Soon

I don't see a war in Asia anytime soon but who knows people have done strange things throughout history. (iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund ETF (EWY), iShares MSCI Japan ETF(EWJ), iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI), iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund ETF (EWS))

Life Inside & Outside The Markets

Jim Rogers talks about life inside and outside the financial markets.