Government Shutdown more of a Political Show than Economic Reality

“TV networks all over the world will talk about it. But the people who are buying and selling dollars will not pay too much attention,” said Jim Rogers, chairman of Singapore-based Rogers Holdings, adding it's more of a political show than economic reality.
“They’re not on the brink of default because they can print as much money as they want. Yes, America’s the largest debtor-nation in the entire history of the world. Nobody’s ever been this deep in debt and it’s going higher and higher,”  he said.- in RT

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%.

Jim Rogers: US Government Shutdown is sham & charade to jerk us all around

It's been 17 years since the last time the US government partially ceased its work - but it's actually the 18th time in US history it's taking a so called 'spending gap'. In 1977, the government was shut down three times in as many months. Jim Rogers, author of Street Smarts, Adventures on the Road and in the Marketsand believes this vicious cycle is nowhere soon to end.

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%.