Wealth does strange things to people. It can either control them or set them free. Jim Rogers falls into the latter camp. Like an angst-free Marlon Brando, this Wild One quit his Quantum fund job alongside George Soros at the age of 37, saddled up a powerful BMW and revved his way into a personal dream.

In 1990, Rogers set out with his girlfriend on a marathon global tour, chasing the summer and the prevailing economic climate across six continents and reporting home in his easily adopted role of Investment Biker. The result, even after all these years, is a gloriously entertaining flight of reality. Part travelogue, part investment guide, Rogers himself is the real centrepiece, at times railing (if that's the right word) against local custom/ideology/policy, on other occasions providing eye-opening investment tips on where the sensible money should be going. Shunning the usual tourist routes, Rogers' odyssey takes him through landscapes and economies unique in culture and currency where his natural charisma shines through in easy-going commentary. It's not all image though; Rogers' predictions on emerging markets have proved by and large to be unerringly accurate.

Whatever you want from a book, Investment Biker can probably supply it: thrills, spills, rampaging elephants and economic theory. Dig out those leathers and enjoy the ride. --Jake Bond

Reviews

"Successfully combining the genres of travel and business, he has written a thoroughly enjoyable and absorbing tale of his journey across 6 continents. A survival guide to travelling the worlds and investing, this beats the pants off your Grisham potboilers any day..." ––Portfolio International

“The Indiana Jones of finance.” —Time

“Rogers’s advice is sage: Stick with nations where hard-nosed bureaucrats push fiscal reforms, maintain sound currencies, advocate free trade, and stay out of areas best left to the private sector. And Rogers also dishes up ample adventure.”—BusinessWeek

Table of Contents

PART I: DUNQUIN TO TOKYO. 1. A flight to Russia. 2. New York. 3. Crossing Europe. 4. Linz. 5. Central Europe. 6. On to Istanbul. 7. Old Turkistan. 8. China. 9. Xi'an. 10. Xi'an to Beijing. PART II: TOKYO TO DUNQUIN. 11. First class in the first world. 12. At the edge of the world. 13. Across the wild Tayga. 14. Siberia. 15. Ulan--Ude, Zima, and Kansk. 16. Novosibirsk and west. 17. Moscow. 18. On to Ireland. Part III: DUNQUIN TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 19. Africa: The Sahara Desert. 20. Sub--Saharan Africa. 21. Down a Lazy River. 22. Home of the always victorious warrior. 23. Escape. 24. Zambia and the Great Zimbabwe. 25. Botswana. 26. South Africa. Part IV: ROUDNING THE HORN. 27. Overland Down Under. 28. The Uttermost edge of the world. 29. Buenos Aires. 30. Chile and Easter Island. 31. On the shining path. 32. On Darwin's trail. 33. The Darien Gap. 34. The canal to the Rio Grande. 35. Home and beyond. Afterword. Appendix I: How we Packed for Our Twenty--Two--Month Motorcycle Trip. Appendix II: Daily Log. Index.