08 September 2008

Jim Rogers' Reaction to the Bailout of Fannie and Freddie


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Keith Fitz-Gerald

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The U.S. financial crisis has cut so deep - and the government has taken on so much debt in misguided attempts to bail out such companies as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - that even larger financial shocks are still to come, global investing guru Jim Rogers said in an exclusive interview with Money Morning.

Indeed, the U.S. financial debacle is now so ingrained - and a so-called "Super Crash" so likely - that most Americans alive today won’t be around by the time the last of this credit-market mess is finally cleared away - if it ever is, Rogers said.

The end of this crisis "is a long way away," Rogers said. "In fact, it may not be in our lifetimes."

During a 40-minute interview during a wealth-management conference in this West Coast Canadian city last month, Rogers also said:

Why U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke should "resign".

How the U.S. national debt - the roughly $5 trillion held by the public -
essentially doubled in the course of a single weekend.

That U.S. consumers and investors can expect much-higher interest rates - noting that if the Fed doesn’t raise borrowing costs, market forces will make that happen.

Which stocks he’s holding onto for the rest of the year

Jim Rogers Interview on Money Morning