The price of a commodity will never go to zero. When you invest in commodities futures, you're not buying a piece of paper that says you own an intangible piece of company that can go bankrupt.

It seems that everything may now be coming together under VTB Capital to make this happen so I am keen to participate. In 2005 Rogers wrote Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market. ”
In February 2013 Rogers joined the Board of Advisors of the Coalition to Reduce Spending.

Rogers does not consider himself a member of any school of economic thought but has acknowledged that his views best fit the label of Austrian School of economics. He was the co-founder of the Quantum Fund with George Soros and creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI). James Beeland Rogers Jr.