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Investment Biker

Around the World with Jim Rogers
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Investment Biker recounts Jim Rogers's extraordinary motorcycle journey across six continents, interweaving travel adventures with incisive observations on the global economy and society. As he explores diverse countries, Rogers reveals which nations are prospering, which are faltering, and where investment opportunities abound or risks loom. Engaging conversations with businessmen, bankers, investors, and locals provide insights beyond typical financial news, making this an exhilarating account of both travel and economics.
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Ideal for readers interested in finance, global economics, adventurous travel, and personal investment insights.

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This book is about the authora s amazing trip across six continents and the world economy and society. It discusses whoa s sinking and whoa s swimming, which countries are on the rise and which are collapsing, where you can make a million and where you could lose one.

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This book is about the author's amazing trip across six continents and the world economy and society. It discusses who's sinking and who's swimming, which countries are on the rise and which are collapsing, where you can make a million and where you could lose one.

Every place he stopped on the trip, Jim Rogers talked to businessmen, bankers, investors and regular people. He learned reams of information that you'd never learn from reading the financial pages of any periodical.

Investment Biker delivers a thrilling account of the journey of a lifetime and provides tips that would enable you to pay for a trip just like it.

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Business Age describes the book as "eclectic and didactic, yet strangely compelling," highlighting its informative yet captivating narrative style.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780471495529

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 March 2000

Country: United States

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 454g

Pages: 416

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