Episode 23: Jim Rogers, Legendary Investor & Philanthropist

The Accent Podcast

Jim Rogers is a legendary investor, philanthropist, and author. In 1973, Jim Rogers and George Soros founded one of the most successful hedge funds in history, the Quantum Fund. By 1980, Quantum Fund returned more than 40 times the initial investments (vs ~50% for S&P). Unlike Soros, who continued running the fund, Jim retired from the industry and went on to travel the world, the adventures that he covered in his books. He now lives in Singapore and continues investing his own wealth.

In this interview, we discussed the global economy, the Federal Reserve, Inflation, investing, and Jim's life and career.

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TIMESTAMPS

01:50 The state of the world economy

03:50 Do we need the Fed

06:10 Thoughts on the inflation

10:40 Investing in Commodities

14:15 Investing in stocks

16:35 Learning Chinese

18:55 What can prevent China from becoming the largest economy

19:40 Learning from Singapore

21:40 Jim Rogers

28:30 To the Wall Street

30:20 Starting Quantum Fund

33:00 Investment Biker

36:40 The Second World Trip

38:00 Botswana

39:50 Undervalued countries – Uzbekistan

41:20 Investing in Commodities

45:35 Gift to children

49:35 Blitz

51:20 North Korea