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A Gift to My Children

A Father's Lessons for Life and Investing

by Jim Rogers

A Gift to My Children
Publisher: Copyright © 2009 by Beeland Interests, Inc.
Published by arrangement with The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.
Pub. Date: 2009
ISBN: 9781400067541
No. pages: 112

Category: Finance
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In this summary you will learn

  • How a father advises his children to build their character and live with contentment
  • Why star investor Jim Rogers attributes his success to a strong work ethic
  • What advice he offers investors, travelers and children

Why you should read A Gift to My Children

This short bestseller by Jim Rogers, one of the world’s most renowned investors, is in the form of a letter offering personal guidance and investment advice to his two young daughters. Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund with his partner, George Soros, and established a reputation as an authority on economics, investing and markets. In his 60s, he married for the second time and became a father. In this book – written in first person from “your father” with a slight, sweet undertone of talking down to the children’s level – he tells his daughters many anecdotes about his experiences to illustrate old-fashioned nuggets of fatherly guidance. He recommends saving money, cultivating good habits, working hard, studying and thinking about the future. getAbstract suggests this book to anyone – including those two fortunate little girls – who would welcome a few paternal life-lessons, some good inside-business stories and a side dish of investment advice.

About the Author

Jim Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros. He wrote A Bull in China, Hot Commodities, Adventure Capitalist and Investment Biker. He has been a professor of finance at Columbia University’s business school and is a media commentator.

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