Jim Rogers
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"James Beeland "Jim" Rogers, Jr." is an American businessman, investor and author. He is currently based in Singapore. Rogers is the Chairman of Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests, Inc. He was the co-founder of the Quantum Group of Funds/Quantum Fund and creator of the Rogers International Commodity Index/Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI).

Rogers does not consider himself a member of any school of economic thought, but has acknowledged that his views best fit the label of Austrian School of economics.

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The basic skills of math, English and writing are not enough, ... You must develop a basic system of values to form and guide the use of these skills. The true test will not be what you learned in college, but how you used what you learned.

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.

My basic advise is don't lose money.

Maybe the trend is your friend for a few minutes in Chicago, but for the most part it is rarely a way to get rich.

Commodity bull runs have lasted 15-20 years...We have got another nine to 17 years to go.

Having an entity out there assessing and evaluating and having the information being made public, that's not all bad, ... It's just one additional way of providing some kind of picture of higher education in this country.

The new Duke Energy will participate in the continued consolidation of the electric and gas industry, and David has the experience and strategic skills to be a key member of our leadership team.

I took the bait to some extent and started thinking about it.