Jim Rogers : “I am optimistic about states with natural resources. Georgia is rich in agriculture and I am much more optimistic about it than states like Massachusetts and New York. The world is changing away from finance to producers of real goods,”
“Finance is going to be a very difficult place to be in the next 20 to 30 years,” he said, citing MBA-holders who made “terrible mistakes” during the recession. “Finance is over.” he told Atlanta Business Chronicle reporter Ruchika Tulshyan, ahead of his speech at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
Jim Rogers started trading the stock market with $600 in 1968.In 1973 he formed the Quantum Fund with the legendary investor George Soros before retiring, a multi millionaire at the age of 37. Rogers and Soros helped steer the fund to a miraculous 4,200% return over the 10 year span of the fund while the S&P 500 returned just 47%.