Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Jim Rogers: Fannie Plan a 'Disaster' (FNM)

Bloomberg and CNBC video via The Big Picture:

"I don't know where these guys get the audacity to take our money, taxpayer money, and buy stock in Fannie Mae,'' Rogers, 65, said in an interview from Singapore. ``So we're going to bail out everybody else in the world. And it ruins the Federal Reserve's balance sheet and it makes the dollar more vulnerable and it increases inflation.''

The chairman of Rogers Holdings, who in April 2006 correctly predicted oil would reach $100 a barrel and gold $1,000 an ounce, also said the commodities bull market has a "long way to go'' and advised buying agricultural commodities.>>>MORE