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30 Jim Rogers Quotes on Success (INVESTOR)

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Top 10 Most Famous Jim Rogers Quotes (BEST)

“The price of a commodity will never go to zero. When you invest in commodities futures, you’re not buying a piece of paper that says you own an intangible piece of company that can go bankrupt.”

Jim Rogers
If everyone thinks one way, it is likely to be wrong. If you can figure out that it is wrong, you are likely to make a lot of money.
If everyone thinks one way, it is likely to be wrong. If you can figure out that it is wrong, you are likely to make a lot of money.
The way to get rich is to put your eggs in one basket, but watch that basket very carefully. And make sure you have the right basket.
The way to get rich is to put your eggs in one basket, but watch that basket very carefully. And make sure you have the right basket.
Buy low and sell high. It's pretty simple. The problem is knowing what's low and what's high.
Buy low and sell high. It’s pretty simple. The problem is knowing what’s low and what’s high.
I cannot invest the way I want the world to be; I have to invest the way the world is.
I cannot invest the way I want the world to be; I have to invest the way the world is.

“One of the best rules anybody can learn about investing is to do nothing, absolutely nothing, unless there is something to do… I just wait until there is money lying in the corner, and all I have to do is go over there and pick it up… I wait for a situation that is like the proverbial “shooting fish in a barrel.”

Jim Rogers
Never act upon wishful thinking. Act without checking the facts, and chances are that you will be swept away along with the mob.
Never act upon wishful thinking. Act without checking the facts, and chances are that you will be swept away along with the mob.
Tough times helped many commodities producers become lean and mean through consolidation, mergers and cost-cutting. All that excess supply has been sopped up.
Tough times helped many commodities producers become lean and mean through consolidation, mergers and cost-cutting. All that excess supply has been sopped up.
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.
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.

“Diversification is something that stock brokers came up with to protect themselves, so they wouldn’t get sued for making bad investment choices for clients. Henry Ford never diversified, Bill Gates didn’t diversify.” 

Jim Rogers

10 Wise Jim Rogers Quotes on Investing (WISDOM)

The biggest public fallacy is that the market is always right. The market is nearly always wrong. I can assure you of that.
The biggest public fallacy is that the market is always right. The market is nearly always wrong. I can assure you of that.
Acknowledge the complexity of the world and resist the impression that you easily understand it... It's a basic fact of life that many things everybody knows turn out to be wrong.
Acknowledge the complexity of the world and resist the impression that you easily understand it… It’s a basic fact of life that many things “everybody knows” turn out to be wrong.
History shows that people who save and invest grown and prosper, and the others deteriorate and collapse.
History shows that people who save and invest grown and prosper, and the others deteriorate and collapse.
Following what everyone else is doing is rarely a way to get rich.
Following what everyone else is doing is rarely a way to get rich.
Nearly every time I strayed from the herd, I've made a lot of money. Wandering away from the action is the way to find the new action.
Nearly every time I strayed from the herd, I’ve made a lot of money. Wandering away from the action is the way to find the new action.
Commodities tend to zig when the equity markets zag.
Commodities tend to zig when the equity markets zag.
You will never get anywhere if you do not do your homework.
You will never get anywhere if you do not do your homework.
Bottoms in the investment world don't end with four-year lows; they end with 10 or 15-year lows.
Bottoms in the investment world don’t end with four-year lows; they end with 10 or 15-year lows.
The last leg of a bull market always ends in hysteria; the last leg of a bear market always ends in panic.
The last leg of a bull market always ends in hysteria; the last leg of a bear market always ends in panic.
Index investing outperforms active management year after year.
Index investing outperforms active management year after year.

10 Jim Rogers Quotes that will Make You Rethink Investing and Money

Most successful investors, in fact, do nothing most of the time.
Most successful investors, in fact, do nothing most of the time.
If you want to make a lot of money, resist diversification.
If you want to make a lot of money, resist diversification.
If the current birth rate, which is the lowest in the major developed countries, continues, there will be no Japanese. Who will pay the enormous debt
If the current birth rate, which is the lowest in the major developed countries, continues, there will be no Japanese. Who will pay the enormous debt?
There is no such thing as a paper loss. A paper loss is a very real loss.
There is no such thing as a paper loss. A paper loss is a very real loss.
If you were smart in 1807 you moved to London, if you were smart in 1907 you moved to New York City, and if you are smart in 2007 you move to Asia.
If you were smart in 1807 you moved to London, if you were smart in 1907 you moved to New York City, and if you are smart in 2007 you move to Asia.
Many investors seem to have forgotten a hard reality There are frequent periods when stock markets don't do much.
Many investors seem to have forgotten a hard reality: There are frequent periods when stock markets don’t do much.
Historically, there has been a bull market in commodities every 20 or 30 years.
Historically, there has been a bull market in commodities every 20 or 30 years.
If anybody laughs at your idea, view it as a sign of potential success!
If anybody laughs at your idea, view it as a sign of potential success!
Do not buy the hype from Wall St. and the press that stocks always go up. There are long periods when stocks do nothing and other investments are better.
Do not buy the hype from Wall St. and the press that stocks always go up. There are long periods when stocks do nothing and other investments are better.
There is nothing better than having to struggle and make your own way.
There is nothing better than having to struggle and make your own way.

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