James Beeland Rogers Jr. (born October 19, 1942) is an American investor and financial commentator based in Singapore.

[5] In 1966, he acquired a second BA degree in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Oxford, as a member of Balliol College.

[6] In April 2019, Rogers received an honorary Ph.D. from Pusan National University for his books containing positive messages on Korean reunification.

[8] In 1970, Rogers joined investment bank Arnhold and S. Bleichroder, where he worked with George Soros.

[citation needed] On his return in 2002, Rogers became a regular guest on Fox News' Cavuto on Business and other financial TV shows.

[12] In 2005, he wrote Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market, in which he quotes a Financial Analysts Journal academic paper co-authored by Yale School of Management professor Geert Rouwenhorst, entitled Facts and Fantasies about Commodity Futures.

[citation needed] In December 2007, Rogers sold his mansion in New York City for about $16 million and moved to Singapore.

He chose not to move to Chinese cities like Hong Kong or Shanghai due to high pollution potentially causing health problems for his family.

[18] In September 2012 Rogers was appointed by VTB Capital as an advisor to the agricultural division of its global private equity unit.

He noted: "Russia and the CIS region have all the ingredients needed to become the world's agriculture powerhouse.

It seems that everything may now be coming together under VTB Capital to make this happen, so I am keen to participate, if the fund gets off the ground.

[23][24] On November 4, 2010, speaking at Balliol College, Oxford, Rogers urged students to scrap career plans for Wall Street or the City, London's financial district, and to study agriculture and mining instead.

"[25] He repeated this view in 2013 on The Bottom Line show on BBC Radio 4, in a feature on "Futurology for Business".