Street Smarts: Adventures on the Road and in the Markets
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (744 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008WOUFIS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 104 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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–Peter D. We endorse it absolutely and enthusiastically." -Lou Dobbs, Lou Dobbs Tonight, Fox Business Network, February 7, 2013“More than his outsized wealth and contempt for those in power, though, it is Rogers' knack for outsized fun that makes him seem worth knowingStreet Smarts shines when it conveys that zest.” -USA Today"Street Smarts" is another great read from one of the most astute global investors of our time. Buffett and John C. Schiff; best-selling author, host of the Peter Schiff Radio Show, and CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, Inc."There are almost no investment geniuses. The only ones I know of are Warren E. With wisdom, humor, and amusing antidotes, the Investment Biker recounts his life's experiences in a manner that is as entertaining as it is educational. Bogle and Jim Rogers." –Ben Stein, New York Times “Jim Rogers makes my hea
JIM ROGERS cofounded the Quantum Fund and retired at age thirty-seven. Since then he has served as a sometime professor of finance at Columbia University’s business school, and as a media commentator worldwide. In 2007, he moved his family to Singapore in the belief that the 21st century will be the century of Asia. Rogers is the author of the bestsellers Investment Biker, Adventure Capitalist, Hot Commodities, A Gift to My Children, and A Bull in China.
Review of "Street Smarts" by Jim Rogers This is another very well written book by commodities expert and world traveler Jim Rogers. Starting with his childhood in Alabama and his years at Yale and Oxford, Rogers tells how he came to Wall Street and got into commodities and currency trading as he and George Soros co-founded the Quantum Fund. Rogers gives an assessment of many aspects of Wall Street, Washington, D.C., the Federal Reserve, and academia that will, no doubt, anger the defenders of the status quo. As a tenured professor at Columbi. "Opinionated Yes, but Refreshingly Original" according to Egator. I found Street Smarts well worth the read. I have read most of his past books and enjoyed them all. Since this is mostly a bi-op there is some repetition from his past books. I found that he did not just rehash stuff from his previous books though, but shared with us what he has learnt as his life journey has continued.You may find Jim Rogers opinionated or self-indulgent (as a past reviewer did) but I find his strong opinions refreshingly original. He’s willing to question the conventional wisdo. "Street Smarts, another intriguing look into the Life and mind of Jim Rogers the investor." according to Christopher J. Smith. I have read every book Jim Rogers has written and this book rates as one of my favorites.Some of the excerpts that give you a look into Jim Rogers investment lessons."I learned that everything is connected. I learned that a revolution in Chile was going to affect the price of copper, and thus the price of electricity and the price for houses-the price of everything- all over the world, having an impact on everyone, including Toledo. I learned, also, that if you could figure out that a revolution in Chi
Wall Street legend and bestselling author Jim Rogers offers investing insights and economic, political, and social analysis, drawing on lessons and observations from his lifetime in the markets. Jim Rogers, whose entertaining accounts of his travels around the world--studying the markets from Russia to Singapore from the ground up--has enthralled readers, investors and Wall Street aficionados for decades. Tomorrow’s economy will be driven by those who make things--food, energy, goods and consumables. The age of Wall Street, Rogers claims, when the finance industry drove 25% of America’s growth, is over. He explains why Asia will be the dominant economic force in the twenty-first century, and discusses why America and the European Union are in decline, and what we need to do to right our economy and society.. In his engaging memoir Street Smarts, Rogers offers pithy commentary from a lifetime of adventure, from his early years growing up a naïve kid in Demopolis, Alabama, to his fledgling career on Wall Street, to his cofounding of the wildly successful Quantum Fund.In Street Smarts, Rogers takes us through the highlights of his life in the financial markets, from his school days at Yale and Oxford--where despite the fact that he didn’t have enough money to a