World Wide Economic Depression, Maybe Its Time to Become a Farmer?

Commodities / Great Depression II
Dec 18, 2009 - 06:42 PM
By: Charles_Maley

Jim Rogers, if nothing else, has no axe to grind when he shares his observations on the markets. Unlike most of the Wall Street analyst, he actually does some serious homework on his investment themes. For example, between January 1, 1999 and January 5, 2002, Rogers traveled through 116 countries, covering 245,000 kilometers, seeing what was going on in the world first hand.

In 1998, Jim Rogers founded the Rogers International Commodity Index. In 2007, the index and its 3 sub-indices were linked to exchange-traded notes under the banner ELEMENTS. The notes track the total return of the indices as an accessible way to invest in the index.

Rogers is an outspoken advocate of agriculture investments and, in addition to the Rogers Commodity Index, is involved with two direct, farmland investment funds – Agrifirma (based in Brazil) and Agcapita Farmland Investment Partnership (based in Canada).

Here is a recent interview from Jim on CNBC. In the video he also comments on gold, the dollar, and World Economies in general:

Jim Rogers-World Wide Depression

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HkbS4aDCU0

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article15922.html