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Street Smarts

Adventures on the Road and in the Markets

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Street Smarts

By: Jim Rogers
Narrated by: Michael Bybee
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Wall Street legend and bestselling author Jim Rogers offers investing insights and economic, political, and social analysis, drawing on lessons and observations from his lifetime in the markets.

Jim Rogers, whose entertaining accounts of his travels around the world--studying the markets from Russia to Singapore from the ground up--has enthralled readers, investors and Wall Street aficionados for decades. In his engaging memoir Street Smarts, Rogers offers pithy commentary from a lifetime of adventure, from his early years growing up a naïve kid in Demopolis, Alabama, to his fledgling career on Wall Street, to his cofounding of the wildly successful Quantum Fund.

In Street Smarts, Rogers takes us through the highlights of his life in the financial markets, from his school days at Yale and Oxford--where despite the fact that he didn’t have enough money to afford the appropriate pair of shoes, he coxed the crew and helped to win the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race as well as the Thames Cup, the first of his three Guiness World Records--to his first heady taste of Wall Street in the mid-1960s, and his years helping to run the most successful hedge fund on Wall Street.

In the course of his new book, Rogers offers often surprising observations on how the world works–-and what trends he sees in the future. The age of Wall Street, Rogers claims, when the finance industry drove 25% of America’s growth, is over. Tomorrow’s economy will be driven by those who make things--food, energy, goods and consumables. He explains why Asia will be the dominant economic force in the twenty-first century, and discusses why America and the European Union are in decline, and what we need to do to right our economy and society.

Economic Conditions Economics Forecasting & Strategic Planning International Investing & Trading Management & Leadership Personal Finance Investing Singapore Adventure Business Banking China Wall Street Hedge Fund Latin American Imperial Japan Stock Taxation Russia Management Smart Finance

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Critic reviews

"Buy it. We endorse it absolutely and enthusiastically." -Lou Dobbs, Lou Dobbs Tonight, Fox Business Network, February 7, 2013

“More than his outsized wealth and contempt for those in power, though, it is Rogers' knack for outsized fun that makes him seem worth knowing...Street Smarts shines when it conveys that zest.” -USA Today

"Street Smarts" is another great read from one of the most astute global investors of our time. With wisdom, humor, and amusing antidotes, the Investment Biker recounts his life's experiences in a manner that is as entertaining as it is educational. As an added surprise, readers may find his insight on fatherhood even more valuable than his perspective on history, economics, and the financial markets. –Peter D. Schiff; best-selling author, host of the Peter Schiff Radio Show, and CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, Inc.

"There are almost no investment geniuses. The only ones I know of are Warren E. Buffett and John C. Bogle and Jim Rogers." –Ben Stein, New York Times

“Jim Rogers makes my head hurt.” –Paul Krugman, New York Times
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A great inspiring story. The book has a lot of wisdom. I loved the book. Finished it in a few days. Always wanted to know whats next.

Great book

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Fresh perspective by someone who has traveled to and seen the whole world.

A quick walk displaying the similarities between the decline of the UK, rise of the USA, a parallel to what we are experiencing now, the decline of USA and the rise of Asia in general/ China especially

Excellent

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I’ve always enjoyed Jim Rogers when interviewed on tv but this a more in-depth look into his life to see what makes him tick.

His views on the world and markets are both interesting and allows one to form a more longer term view on what’s going on in the world and how to benefit from it

Excellent, thought provoking book

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Just can't be better. The book I can listen again and again. Jim is a legend.

Just perfect!

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I have read and listened to interviews with Jim Rogers over the years. I'd recommend this to investors, but more importantly anyone who is curious about world affairs and concerned or/and interested about the changing shape of the world.

Intelligent, thought provoking, leaving the reader to decide for themselves.

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