Jim Rogers Loads Up on Ruble Bonds on Bet Sanctions Don't Matter

After getting burned in the worst month for Russian bonds in more than a year, Jim Rogers says the toughest wave of U.S. sanctions yet doesn’t spook him.

The 75-year-old chairman of Rogers Holdings Inc. has been using the sell-off that followed the April 6 penalties to buy more short-term ruble debt. He recommends focusing on Russia’s fundamentals and the highest prices since 2014 for crude oil, the nation’s key export earner.