Capital as an advisor to the agricultural division of its global private equity unit. Rogers 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." In February 2013 Rogers joined the board of advisors of the Coalition to Reduce Spending. In September 2015, he left the Indian market saying "one can't just invest on hope". Financial advice In 2002, Rogers said that Fed chairman Alan Greenspan's "reaction to the stock-market bubble has caused two more bubbles to grow: a real-estate bubble and a consumer-debt bubble." In 2006, Rogers said he was shorting US financials, home builders and Fannie Mae. 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. "The power is shifting again from the financial centers to the producers of real goods. The place to be is in commodities, raw materials, natural resources." In May 2012 he remarked during an interview with Forbes magazine that "there's going to be a huge shift in American society, American culture, in the places where one is going to get rich. The stock brokers are going to be driving taxis. The smart ones will learn to drive tractors so they can work for the smart farmers. The farmers are going to be driving Lamborghinis. I'm telling you. You should start Forbes Farming." Rogers has been periodically bearish on the US stock market since the 1980s, notably 1987, 1998, 1999 & 2008. In February 2018, he reportedly predicted that the next bear market would be "the worst in our lifetime." Jim Rogers spoke to Forks Daily about market correction and his thoughts about Blockchain and Crypto Assets in September 2022 Bibliography 1994: Investment Biker: Around the World with Jim Rogers – 2003: Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip – 2004: Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market – 2007: A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market – 2009: A Gift to My Children: A Father's Lessons For Life And Investing – 2013: Street Smarts: Adventures on the Road and in the Markets – 2019: Number One