This is a pretty nice video from Jim Rogers explaining how he and George Soros did so well. If you enjoy figuring out how the world works, then Wall Street is a place that will pay you a tremendous amount of money for being correct. It is a big puzzle. Every day the pieces of the puzzle change, and it is a highly rewarding challenge.
Jim Rogers and George Soros were both highly dedicated to their craft. They took a worldwide view, and they made a lot more money than most people. Rogers always wanted to see the world on a motorcycle. Out of this experience, he wrote a book called Investment Biker: Around the World with Jim Rogers.
There was a horrible civil war in Peru, but there were opportunities down there. Seeing the world from the ground up is far better than reading about it or flying to airports and staying in hotels.
Jim Rogers next book was A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World’s Greatest Market. It was easy to see the rise of Asia and that Russia was disintegrating. Parts of Africa looked promising, but Africa is highly decentralized and you have to understand the individual countries. As a loner and a maverick, you can learn a lot about yourself by traveling around the world on a motorcycle.
