Author and commodity investor Jim Rogers, was interviewed by social media site StockTwits which submitted hundreds of questions for Jim Rogers. In the 30 minute interview, Rogers talked about his beginnings in rural Alabama and how he ended up on Wall Street. An interesting question that arises was how exactly he got exactly got started in the hedge fund business. Among his first major trend investments were energy, regional banks, currencies, Japan and also shorted the infamous "nifty fifty".Other highlights from the interview includes:
- A great president should have real knowledge about the world. Rogers refers how Washington has a real disconnect with average Americans.
- The world is running out of known reserves of oil.
- The cure for high prices is in fact high prices
- Ireland should go bankrupt! but Europe will "bail them out"
