An Early Christmas for Jim Rogers

The superinvestor is racking up big gains in commodities, has a new book on the way, and just resolved an ugly dispute with a business partner

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December 8, 2004 at 5:00 AM UTC

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Celebrity investor and intrepid traveler, Jim Rogers has lots of reasons to be in a good mood these days. The author of best-selling travelogue Investment Biker and founder with George Soros of the Quantum Fund, Rogers has a new book out called Hot Commodities. It describes the ongoing bull market in commodities and how individual investors can take part.

Rogers, who started betting on commodities in 1998, has already benefited handsomely from making that early call in the midst of the dot-com bubble: His Rogers International Commodity Index has increased 185% since Aug. 1, 1998.