EU ON BRINK OF FINANCIAL COLLAPSE - SMALL BANKS BOOMING

When it comes to banking, bigger isn't always better. While the EU is struggling to beef up its ailing financial institutions, Europe's smallest banks have been doing pretty well - some run by just one member of staff. RT's Peter Oliver traveled to a small German village to meet one such banker.

Jim Rogers ~ PREPARE FOR FINANCIAL COLLAPSE NOW: When Feds stop printing FIAT currency

From Wall Street, gold price and US finance to conspiracies, latest global news, Gold prices have been tumbling.

But the ardent gold bulls have been hanging on.

The most popular argument that these gold bulls have clung to has been that mining costs will create a floor for gold prices.

The idea is that if gold continues to be below the cost of mining, then miners will stop mining and supply will disappear forcing gold prices up.

Peter Schiff made this argument late last month. And so did Art Cashin.

However, it's not completely obvious that a mine would shut down just because the market price falls below cost.

Jim Rogers, Chairman of Rogers Holdings told Business Insider that the closing of gold mines is a way off:

"I've been in the investment world a long time and I know that things can stay below the cost of production for years. It takes a long time for people to believe they have to close their mines. It costs money to close a mine, it costs money to re-open a mine, so people are reluctant to close mines. So you can see any commodity staying below the cost of production for a while, especially if it's something like a mine which is expensive to close, and expensive to open."

Rogers is a long-term bull on gold but and doesn't think the sell-off is over. He thinks gold prices have further to fall, and that gold is in the process of making a "complicated bottom."

James Beeland Rogers, Jr. (born October 19, 1942) is an American investor and author. He is currently based in Singapore. Rogers is the Chairman of Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests, Inc. He was the co-founder of the Quantum Fund with George Soros and creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI).

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

"The world can get along without central banks. Fortunately, since they're making so many mistakes, we're going to get rid of them eventually." - in Daily Reckoning

Related ETFs: SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE:GLD), iShares Silver Trust (ETF) (NYSE:SLV)

Jim Rogers is an author, financial commentator and successful international investor. He has been frequently featured in Time, The New York Times, Barron's, Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and is a regular guest on Bloomberg and CNBC.

Global Financial Collapse Is Coming 2013

All we need to do to end this ponzi-scheme money and change it to a positive monetary-system, one without interest. This will basically end the debt crisis now and for all future generations. It will end most wars and will allow us to focus on quality instead of quantity. It will also end the power of private banks. That's our revolution.

The problem is not the corporations or the types of social system, government etc. The problem is the people. They always get exactly what they deserve. Example- if a company produces a certain product and pollutes rivers and cause a lot of environmental damage, people should boycott that company and stop buying the products. Instead they close their eyes and continue looking for "the best value for their money". It's easy to see the fault in others. Be the change you want to see in this world.