吉姆·罗杰斯，投资界的传奇人物，国际著名投资大师，巴菲特评价其“对市场大趋势的把握无人能及”。罗杰斯1942年出生于美国亚拉巴马州，5岁开始做第一笔生意（在棒球场捡瓶子卖钱）。获得奖学金上耶鲁大学，毕业后，到牛津大学贝列尔学院深造，在那里作为赛艇队的舵手，他创造了自己的第一个吉尼斯纪录。1970年，他和索罗斯共同创立全球闻名的量子基金，其投资回报率高达4200％，而同期标准普尔指数的增长还不到47％。

他10年内赚够一生花用的财富，此时，罗杰斯决定退休，时年37岁，但是他并没有赋闲在家。罗杰斯继续管理自己的投资组合，同时在哥伦比亚大学商学院研究生院做教授，并担任WCBS电视台《杜瑞福斯圆桌会议》（The Drevfus Roundtable）与金融新闻网FNN《获利动机》（The Profit Motive）两个节目的主持人。与此同时，他开始实施自己生的梦想：驾驶摩托车环游世界，期间跨越了六大洲，行程超过10万英里，创造了他的第二项吉尼斯纪录。后来他以这一经历为依据，创作了第一本书《投资骑土》（1994年出版）。

从1999年到2002年的千禧大探险是他的第三项吉尼斯纪录，他携带妻子佩奇，跨越了116个国家（其中大约有15个国家仍然处于内战之中），行程15.2万英里。他的第二本书《风险投资家环球游记》，记录了这一不可思议的冒险之旅。

60岁之后喜获的两个千金是他最新的探险和乐趣泉源。目前，他和妻女定居新加坡，除了为媒体撰稿外，还到世界各地巡回演讲。

He’s the swashbuckling world traveler and legendary investor who made his fortune before he was forty. Now the bestselling author of A Bull in China, Hot Commodities , and Adventure Capitalist shares a heartfelt, indispensable guide for his daughters (and all young investors) to find success and happiness. In A Gift to My Children , Jim Rogers offers advice with his trademark candor and confidence, but this time he adds paternal compassion, protectiveness, and love. Rogers reveals how to learn from his triumphs and mistakes in order to achieve a prosperous, well-lived life. For example:

• Trust your own judgment: Rogers sensed China’s true potential way back in the 1980s, at a time when most analysts were highly skeptical of its prospects for growth.

• Focus on what you like: Rogers was five when he started collecting empty bottles at baseball games instead of playing.

• Be persistent: Coming to Yale from rural Alabama, and in over his head, Rogers never stopped studying and wound up with a scholarship to Oxford.

• See the world: In 1990, Rogers traveled through six continents by motorcycle, gaining a global perspective and learning how to evaluate prospects in rapidly developing countries such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China.

• Nothing is really new: anything deemed “innovative” or “unprecedented” is usually just overhyped, as in the case of the Internet or TV, airplanes, and railroads before it

• And not a bit off the subject, and very important: Boys will need you more than you’ll need them!

Wise and warm, accessible and inspiring, A Gift to My Children is a great gift for all those just starting to invest in their futures.

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