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Praise for Jim Rogers and Adventure Capitalist

“[Jim Rogers is] the Indiana Jones of finance.”

Time

“Rogers has a knack for storytelling and drawing the reader in. You’ll finish this book feeling as though you, too, have spun around the globe.”

USA Today

“A terrific read…Rogers has some extraordinary experiences and he relates them well.”

International Herald Tribune

“… Adventure Capitalist bounces along from anecdote to anecdote with a sense of fun…”

Accounting Technician

“…well–written and interesting which has provided me with valuable insights…”

The Independent on Sunday

Title Information

ISBN:

9780470510766

Pages:

272 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

167153

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Published:

30/03/2007

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About Jim Rogers

JIM ROGERS entered the investment business in 1968 with $600 dollars in his pocket. By 1980, aged 37, he had left Wall Street with enough money to satisfy a lifelong appetite for adventure. He has been chronicled in Jon Train’s Money Masters of Our Time, Jack Schwager’s Market Wizards, and other books. He has been frequently featured in Time, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Barron’s, Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and most publications dealing with the economy or finance. He has also appeared as a regular commentator and columnist in various media and has been a visiting professor at Columbia University. He is the author of two successful trade books: Investment Biker, and Adventure Capitalist.

Contents of Hot Commodities

Introduction

1. The Next New Thing Is - Things

2. But…

3. Stepping up to Commodities

4. Stepping into the Commodities Market

5. Notes from the Wild, Wild East

6. Goodbye, Cheap Oil

7. Gold - Mystique vs. Fundamentals

8. A Heavy Metal with the Potential to be a High Flyer

9. Searching for the Next Sugar High

10. Can Coffee Perk Up?

Conclusion
Appendix
Index
About the Author