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1、吉姆-罗杰斯:我的第一桶金JimRogers:MyFirstMillionPublished:November20200918:26
2、Lastupdated:November20200918:26SinceJimRogers,67,co-foundedtheQuantumFundwithGeorgeSoroshehasworkedasaguestprofessoroffinanceatColumbiaUniversityandasaneconomiccommentator.In1998,hefoundedt
3、heRogersInternationalCommoditiesIndex(RICI).HeistheauthorofABullinChina,HotCommodities,AdventureCapitalistandInvestmentBiker.HislatestbookisAGifttoMyChildren,afather’slessonsforlifeandinvesting.EDITOR’SCHOICEMyfirstmillion:Morecolumnsabouthowthewealthymana
4、getheirmoney-Oct-31RaisedinAlabama,Rogersstartedinbusinessattheageoffive,collectingemptysodabottlesatthelocalbaseballfield.AftergraduatingfromYaleUniversityin1964,hewonascholarshiptoBalliolCollege,Oxford.HethengothisfirstjobonWallStreet.RogersnowlivesinSin
5、gaporewithhiswifeandtheirtwoyoungdaughters.Didyouthinkyouwouldgettowhereyouare?No,Iamassurprisedasanyone.Icertainlywantedtogetsomewhereandwaswillingtoworkhard.Iwantedtoretireyoung,butIneverthoughtIwouldretirebefore40.Whenyourealisedthatyouhadmadeyourfirstm
6、illionwereyoutemptedtoslowdown?Icanremembertheexactdayofmyfirstmilliondollars’networth.ItwasinNovember1977.Iwas35.IknewIneededmorethanthattodowhatIwantedwhenIwas37–theageIdecidedtostopworkingtoseekadventure.Whatisthesecretofyoursuccess?AsIwasnotsmarterthan
7、mostpeople,Iwaswillingtoworkharderthanmost.Iwaspreparedtoexamineconventionalwisdom.Ifeveryonethinksoneway,itislikelytobewrong.Ifyoucanfigureoutthatitiswrong,youarelikelytomakealotofmoney.Whatisyourbasicinvestmentstrategy?Buylowandsellhigh.Itrytofindsomethi
8、ngthatisverycheap,whereapositivechangeistakingplace.ThenIdoenoughhomeworktomakesureIamright.Ithasgottobecheapsothat,ifIamwrong,Idon’tlosemuchmoney.EverytimeImakeamistake,itisusuallybecauseIdidnotdoenoughhomework.Donotunderestimatethevalueofduediligence.Int
9、he1960s,GeneralMotorswastheworld’smostsuccessfulcompany.Oneday,aGManalystwenttotheboardofdirectorswiththemessage:“TheJapanesearecoming.”Theyignoredhim.InvestorswhodidtheirhomeworksoldtheirGMstock–andboughtToy