Jim Rogers Weighs In on Oil Prices and His Current Favorite Commodity

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Jul 05, 2012
Rogers discusses in a recent interview:


• Why recent oil price falls are a good buying opportunity

• Why oil prices could fall to $40 a barrel

• Investment opportunities with the renewable energy sector

• Why he is optimistic about Nuclear energy

• Why agriculture offers good opportunities to investors

• Why Myanmar is the best investment opportunity in the world right now

• Why there could be further unrest in the Middle East

• Why we should let Greece fail


Here is the interview:


Oilprice.com:Jim, thanks for taking the time to join us today.


Jim Rogers: I'm delighted to be here, James. My pleasure.



Oilprice.com:It’s been an interesting period in the energy world as we’ve seen oil prices steadily decline over the past few months and with the problems in Europe and slowdowns in India and China do you expect this trend to continue?


Jim Rogers:Well, there is certainly a correction going on for various reasons. I think Saudi Arabia's trying to help re-elect Mr. Obama. There are also stories that JP Morgan has problems in its London office with a lot of unauthorized positions they're having to liquidate. I don't know what's going on, but I do know that corrections are normal in the industrial world. There's nothing unusual about it. If it continues, there’s an opportunity to buy more.


Oilprice.com: I read a report by the Economist Phil Verleger who thinks that the Saudi’s massive increase in oil production along with other economic problems could cause oil prices crash to $40 a barrel oil and $2 a gallon gasoline by November. Do you think this is a reasonable forecast and we could see oil at these levels?


Jim Rogers:We could see anything. We certainly saw lower prices than that back in 2008 when there was a collapse. When things are collapsing, all sorts of strange things happen. We found that out in 2008 and we will probably find out in the future, as well. If oil does go to $40, that means it'll just be setting up an even more bullish scenario for the duration of the bull market.



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