Invest 2009 How and what to invest in 2009, the Year of the Ox? Money Magazine takes a look at the several rules that help in making an investment decision, and what other products are available for hedging when the market comes down. Jim Rogers Investment guru Jim Rogers, co-founder of the Quantum Fund in the 1980’s, has long been predicting the downturn in the market we're now seeing. But he admits even he didn't think it would come as quickly and furiously as it did after the fall of Lehman Brothers last September. China GDP Growth Growth in the mainland economy is slowing amid the global market meltdown. GDP was up 9% in 2008, down from the double digit growth it had been experiencing for years. And many economists question whether China will be able to achieve its own target of an 8% growth this year.