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Jim Rogers On CNBC- I Have No Shorts For First Time Since 1987

Investment Education Staff (June 19th, 2009) Writes:

by Alejandro garcia

For the majority of his career, Jim Rogers has had both long and short positions. As of this interview, this is one of the few times Jim Rogers does not have a short position. Among the reasons for Jim not having any shorts is a possible currency crisis and thus should avoid shorting the market. Rogers typically holds both long and short positions, but his perception of global currencies’ instability has led him to pull out all his shorts, he said. The last time he can remember doing so was before the market fiasco in 1987. Among other things Jim Rogers continues to be “wildly” bullish on China, “wildly” bullish on commodities. Specifically, Jim likes Silver over Gold, Natural Gas and Cotton.

The latest CNBC interview comes a day after Jim was interviewed by the Economic Times, in which he states how the type of Chinese companies …

India’s Nuclear Sector, Ready to Explode

Contrarian Profits (February 24th, 2009) Writes:

Major energy companies are lined up to lock deals and land big profits with India’s new nuclear trade. India was out of the global nuclear loop for over 30 years, until now.

Jason Simpkins of Money Morning says that “…some analysts estimate that India’s nuclear energy sector could be worth as much as $200 billion.”

Here he shows us what majors are lined up for the deal:

India launched its first nuclear test in 1974, but the country refused to sign the global Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). As a result, the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) banned India from global nuclear trade.

That ban was lifted last September when Washington pushed through a “waiver” that freed India from 34 years of sanctions.

Critics of the deal worry that by lifting the trade

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