Street Smarts: Adventures on the Road and in the Markets
Written by Jim Rogers
Narrated by Michael Bybee
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About this audiobook
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.
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Reviews for Street Smarts
47 ratings6 reviews
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Amazing book. Definitely recommended. Would give it 5 stars, but nothing is perfect ;)
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amazing insights and views about the world and investing theory
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is alot of rehash from Investment Biker and Adventure Capitalist,nevertheless, there are interesting additional insights about emerging markets, Switzerland and the Euro. Rogers has a straightforward and entertaining way predicting the likely future of the market.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent book from the Legend who sees the Truth unlike the so called intelligent...
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I really enjoyed this one because of the many stories. Instead of numerous theories, Jim Rogers recounted many of his defining moments which made it very relatable for me.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good book with lots of insight. I enjoyed the beginning of the book more than I did the end. The author shared more of his political views than I cared for.