Two Investments That Can Beat a Global Slowdown

Jason Hartman talks with Marc Faber, editor at Gloom, Boom, Doom, about what's going on in our economy with the massive asset inflation that's hit in the past few years. 

The two examine what central banks will have to do in order to deal with the looming shortages and what investments can buck that trend when it arises.

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Why The Economy Is Doomed In 2020

Big Eye speaks to renowned investor and global market expert, Marc Faber, in this episode of of the Big Eye Interview.

Marc gives his opinion of current market conditions and discusses the possibility of negative interest rates. 

We ask Marcwhere are the safest places to invest at the moment and how we can hedge our risks should the world suffer from another economic crises.

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Stock Market Rules and Myths by Marc Faber

Two Investments That Can Beat a Global Slowdown

Jason Hartman talks with Marc Faber, editor at Gloom, Boom, Doom, about what's going on in our economy with the massive asset inflation that's hit in the past few years. 

The two examine what central banks will have to do in order to deal with the looming shortages and what investments can buck that trend when it arises.

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Dr. Marc Faber and Yra Harris on the Markets and Investing

Marc Faber: Is Democracy still suitable for Modern Times?

Marc Faber on US China trade war, the Japan trap and why finance is more vulnerable

With global markets struggling for direction after a rocky start to the year, Dr Doom has been conspicuously absent from the conversation. Investment adviser Marc Faber, 72, who adopted the nickname in 1987 after a newspaper column highlighted his contrarian outlook on markets, has had a quiet six months.

Faber – a once regular guest on business news shows such as CNBC’s Squawk Box and Bloomberg Television – has faded from view since the publication of his October newsletter The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report for comments that were condemned as racist. This included a passage where Faber used offensive racial references in laying out a bleak picture for the US if its early immigration flows had been from Africa rather than Europe. He has since been dropped from the booking lists for programmes at Fox News and CNBC, according to Reuters.

At the time, Faber told Canada’s Global & Mail he stood by the remarks, saying in an email exchange that he did not regret writing the passage and that he had a free right to express his views.

When This Week in Asia spoke to Faber at his suite at the Grand Hyatt in Hong Kong this year, he sounded resigned to the loss of his appearances on business television.

“Everything in life and the universe has a timeline, it is transient. In other words, what you have today, you may not have tomorrow,” Faber said.

Known for a keen interest in history, and the works of innovators such as Russian “wave theory” economist Nikolai Kondratiev, Faber has slipped from the public spotlight just as global markets have entered a period of heightened volatility.

Faber was widely considered media gold at times of crisis for his tendency to speak candidly, tapping a pragmatism that seems tied to his upbringing in Zurich.

Faber also has a solid record in calling the market correctly. Among Barron’s Roundtable members in 2002 to 2011, he scored the second highest annualised return of 23.4 per cent among the eight annual stock-pickers, according to Pundit Tracker.

In February, the current market turmoil had not set in, yet Faber foresaw what was to become a major turning point for the markets, spelling out a gloomy forecast just days before the Dow Jones Industrials would record its largest single-day point decline.

“I don’t think markets will be very attractive this year and I want to own some cash,” Faber said at the time.

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Marc Faber: Central Banks Only Postponing Economic Problems, Not Solving Them

Marc Faber: All you need to know before the Opening Bell

The US Fed's decision to cut interest rates by 25 basis points to a range of 1.75 per cent to 2 per cent will be the biggest factor giving direction to the markets today. This is the second time this year that the Fed has cut rates, although this time it has offered mixed signals on the next easing.

The U.S. central bank said the rate cut was intended “to provide insurance against ongoing risks" including weak global growth and resurgent trade tensions. Meanwhile, it described the US economic outlook as "favourable". Later, during his news conference, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the Fed did not see imminent recession, or think the central bank would cut rates to negative territory.

Following the rate cut, the Wall Street closed higher on Wednesday. The Dow Jones rose 0.13 per cent, the S&P 500 gained 0.03 per cent, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.11 per cent. Asian shares edged higher on Thursday. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.03 per cent. Japan’s Nikkei rose 0.46 per cent, while Australian shares rose 0.23 per cent. Trends on SGX Nifty, the Singaporean Exchange for Nifty Futures, were suggesting a flat start to the domestic indices.

Next, the Bank of Japan and Bank of England will announce their interest rate decisions later in the day.

Back home, the Finance Minister's meet with heads of public sector banks today to review credit flow in the economy will be closely watched.

In commodities, oil prices edged lower after Saudi Arabia said it would quickly restore full production. Brent crude oil futures settled at $63.60 per barrel, a 1.47 per cent decline.

Factors such as the movement of rupee against the US dollar, oil price movement, foreign capital flows, and stock-specific action will also influence trading sentiment.

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Indian economy can worsen further, market valuation too steep

The sudden attack on Saudi Aramco’s facilities saw oil prices flare up and dented sentiment across global financial markets. Marc Faber, Editor and Publisher of The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report tells Puneet Wadhwa there are pockets of value emerging across the globe.

However, at the current juncture, some part of the portfolio should be in cash. Edited excerpts: How are you viewing the debate around the overall economic slowdown in India? The recent economic data has been very disappointing. We are not in an overall recession, but some sectors like automobiles are suffering...

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Marc Faber on Funding Chaos in The Repo Market

Marc Faber: Millennials Are Doomed

Marc Faber: We Are Already in a Recession, Things Are Going to Get Worse

Marc Faber : China Wins The Trade War in the Long Run

Marc Fabers Outlook for Emerging Markerts

Cash In Stock Market Profits, Buy Gold & Silver And Wait It Out

  
The economy and markets can’t go on like they have been for the last ten years. Marc explains what’s coming…

Marc Faber of The Gloom Boom Doom Report interviewed by Half Dollar of Silver Doctors.

Marc Faber returns to Silver Doctors for a hard hitting interview you surely won’t want to miss.

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Marc Faber: The Unfolding Pension Crisis

My guest in this interview is Dr Marc Faber. Dr. Faber is the editor of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report. 

He is referred to as the Billionaire they call Dr. Doom in Tony Robbins book, Money Master The Game. 

In this episode, we will look at what the global economy and markets are telling us and the brewing global pension crisis.

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Marc Faber: Outlook for emerging markets moving forward

Marc Faber, editor and publisher of The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report speaks to Nikunj Dalmia about the prospects of a rescission, outlook for emerging markets and how to spot the next booming asset.

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Marc Faber: Financial Turmoil Ahead, Gold is My Largest Single Holding

Marc discusses how various modern economic theories are already being tested as the world now has 15 trillion in negative-yielding bonds. He feels that Modern Monetary Theory would result in an overall loss of freedoms as people would become increasingly dependent on government. 

Gold is again rising but how high it will go, Marc, does not know but to him, it seems inexpensive when compared to negatively yielding bonds. Gold should stay above 1400 and investors should hold it as insurance in varying amounts depending on their confidence in the financial system.

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Marc Faber on Higher Education & Protecting Yourself in an Economic Collapse

Marc Faber is an economic authority on global macroeconomics, capital markets, and investment and the Editor & Publisher of "The Gloom Boom & Doom Report". 

He spoke with The Prospect Group about university style formal education, the coming economic collapse, and the options people to preserve their wealth.

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European and Asian Markets Are Destined to Go Down, While Gold is Destined to Go Higher

The Billionaire They Call Dr. Doom

My guest in this interview is Dr Marc Faber. Dr. Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He went to school in Geneva and Zurich and finished high school with the Matura. 

He studied Economics at the University of Zurich and, at the age of 24, obtained a PhD in Economics magna cum laude. Between 1970 and 1978, Dr Faber worked for White Weld & Company Limited in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong. Since 1973, he has lived in Hong Kong. From 1978 to February 1990, he was the Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert (HK) Ltd. 

In June 1990, he set up his own business, MARC FABER LIMITED which acts as an investment advisor and fund manager.

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Marc Faber Discusses What’s Going on in Our Economy and Markets

Jason Hartman talks with Marc Faber, editor at Gloom, Boom, Doom, about what’s going on in our economy with the massive asset inflation that’s hit in the past few years. 

The two examine what central banks will have to do in order to deal with the looming shortages and what investments can buck that trend when it arises.

- Source, The Hartman Media Company

Marc Faber: Global Economy is on the Cusp of a Recession

• According to Dr. Faber, the global economy is on the cusp of a recession. Investors are advised to batten down the hatches.

• A global / domestic economic maelstrom of epic proportions where paper assets denominated in the reserve currency lose up to 80% is possible.

• Few asset classes will endure the economic storm ahead, however, safe havens include gold, silver, PMs shares and cryptocurrencies.

• Despite the remarkable increases in modern productivity given quantum leaps in access to technology and information, living standards are sagging.

• Incomes have not matched increases in the cost of living.

• The duo concur that the erosion of the standard of living is directly correlated to profligate money expansion, which acts as a reverse “Invisible Hand.”

• Both the guest/host advocate diversification of asset classes, increasing the weighting of safe haven, hard money assets in the coming years to shield wealth from potential economic volatility.

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Politicians Like to Blame Everyone Else For the Problems They Created

Referring to China, Kyle Bass claimed at a recent investment conference that, “Right now, there is no trust and no rule of law. The Chinese government lies, cheats, and steals as a national ideology.”

I heard that the audience rewarded his candid statements with applause.

Blaming the Chinese for everything appeals to the Democrats and the Republicans alike, and that is what counts for President Trump ahead of the 2020 elections. In fact, I find the applause following Bass' accusations deeply disturbing given the relatively high social standing and knowledge of the conference attendees. It also reminds me of so many other occasions in history when leaders blamed other people (usually minority groups and foreigners, or whosoever is convenient at the time) for their own shortcomings and failures.

Not long ago, Elaine Chao (the current US Secretary of Transportation) opined that, "Smoot and Hawley ginned up the Tariff Act of 1930 to get America back to work after the Stock Market Crash of ’29. Instead, it destroyed trade so effectively that by 1932, American exports to Europe were just a third of what they had been in 1929. World trade fell two-thirds as other nations retaliated. Jobs evaporated."

I think it is fair to say that the Smoot–Hawley Tariff did not cause the depression (there were numerous other factors at play), but it certainly accelerated the downturn and prolonged the global economic slump as global trade collapsed. Currently, the global economy (including the US) is already weakening badly (many sectors are already in recession) and the trade war will aggravate the economic downturn. US economic weakness is indicated by strengthening US Treasuries. It is also confirmed by the decline in oil and lumber prices. Furthermore, the US Markit manufacturing PMI just dropped by 2 points to a near-recession 50.6 level.

In general, I believe that Wall Street strategists and economists grossly underestimate the downside risk of equities. I concede that the US stock market is becoming near-term oversold and, therefore, could rebound in June and July (traditional summer rally). The US stock market is, however, far from oversold from a longer-term perspective. My advice: Sell the rallies and reduce equity positions.

Finally, remember regarding the constant China bashing that, as Daniel Kahneman observed, “A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact.”

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Marc Faber: Massive Asset Inflation, Central Banks Confusion

Jason Hartman talks with Marc Faber, editor at Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, about what's going on in our economy with the massive asset inflation that's hit in the past few years. The two examine what central banks will have to do in order to deal with the looming shortages and what investments can buck that trend when it arises.

- Source, The Hartman Media Company

Marc Faber on US China Trade War, the Japan Trap

With global markets struggling for direction after a rocky start to the year, Dr Doom has been conspicuously absent from the conversation. Investment adviser Marc Faber, 72, who adopted the nickname in 1987 after a newspaper column highlighted his contrarian outlook on markets, has had a quiet six months.

Faber – a once regular guest on business news shows such as CNBC’s Squawk Box and Bloomberg Television – has faded from view since the publication of his October newsletter The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report for comments that were condemned as racist. This included a passage where Faber used offensive racial references in laying out a bleak picture for the US if its early immigration flows had been from Africa rather than Europe. He has since been dropped from the booking lists for programmes at Fox News and CNBC, according to Reuters.

At the time, Faber told Canada’s Global & Mail he stood by the remarks, saying in an email exchange that he did not regret writing the passage and that he had a free right to express his views.

When This Week in Asia spoke to Faber at his suite at the Grand Hyatt in Hong Kong this year, he sounded resigned to the loss of his appearances on business television.

“Everything in life and the universe has a timeline, it is transient. In other words, what you have today, you may not have tomorrow,” Faber said.

Known for a keen interest in history, and the works of innovators such as Russian “wave theory” economist Nikolai Kondratiev, Faber has slipped from the public spotlight just as global markets have entered a period of heightened volatility.

Faber was widely considered media gold at times of crisis for his tendency to speak candidly, tapping a pragmatism that seems tied to his upbringing in Zurich.

Faber also has a solid record in calling the market correctly. Among Barron’s Roundtable members in 2002 to 2011, he scored the second highest annualised return of 23.4 per cent among the eight annual stock-pickers, according to Pundit Tracker.

In February, the current market turmoil had not set in, yet Faber foresaw what was to become a major turning point for the markets, spelling out a gloomy forecast just days before the Dow Jones Industrials would record its largest single-day point decline.

“I don’t think markets will be very attractive this year and I want to own some cash,” Faber said at the time.

On May 1 he wrote in a monthly commentary that January’s high of 2,872 for the S&P 500 was a “major top”.

He advised investors to consider US government bonds, even as he cautioned in the long term that the US dollar was a “doomed currency”.

“My view is that a cash portfolio is safer with Treasuries than with banks,” Faber said.

In April, Faber told This Week in Asia he still favoured US Treasuries at the current yield on the 10-year near 2.9 per cent.

“The whole investment community, with a few exceptions, is negative on Treasuries. I have a different view,” Faber said. He holds about 30 per cent of his own investible assets in US government debt...

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Faber: Can’t See Another Bull Market in My Lifetime

Emerging market stocks will outperform U.S. equities when another bull market comes, noted bear Marc Faber contended Tuesday. But Faber sees one problem — he believes markets will not enjoy another bull run in his lifetime.

Still, the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report publisher sees a potential recovery for some emerging market economies, particularly Russia and Brazil, which have endured a recent slowdown.


“There are some that are extremely depressed that could have large rebound potential,” Faber said during a Tuesday evening panel discussion at the ETF.com Inside ETFs conference in Hollywood, Florida.

Stock prices have broadly fallen worldwide this year, with lower commodities prices and fears of a global slowdown contributing to investor concerns. Economies dependent on natural resources have been hit particularly hard. Brazil and Russia, once stars of the emerging world, have been damaged by oil as well as political issues.

While Faber has made a name on pessimism, he contended that bright spots for potential growth still exist in emerging markets. He pointed to Cambodia and Vietnam, among other Asian economies.

“I wouldn’t take an across-the-board negative view about emerging economies,” Faber said.

Another investor on the panel Tuesday stressed that market watchers should not package all emerging economies into one basket. Marten Hoekstra, CEO of Emerging Global Advisors, is particularly optimistic about growth prospects for India, the world’s second-most populous country.

His funds have attempted to benefit from consumer demand there through consumer discretionary and staple stocks, as well as health care, telecom and utilities companies. While Emerging Global’s India Consumer ETF (INCO) has fallen this year, Hoekstra touted its prospects for long-term investors as consumer spending power grows in India.

He stressed that the Indian economy does not rely on oil or natural resources, which reduces its downside risk if the commodities crunch persists.

“If you’re generally negative on oil, you’re probably bullish on India,” Hoekstra said.

Mark Yusko, founder and CEO of Morgan Creek Capital Management, said during his annual “bold predictions” talk on Monday that India had attracted his attention and would perform better than most emerging economies.

Despite Hoekstra’s optimism, widely followed commodities commentator Dennis Gartman, who was also on the panel Tuesday, said that he had no immediate plans to invest in emerging market economies.

“It is the continued reliance upon commodity prices that causes me a great deal of concern,” he said.

Gartman contended that corruption in some emerging market governments reduces the safety of investing in those locales.

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Marc Faber: Globalism, China, USD, Political Class

Marc Faber: The Coming Pension Crisis And Its Subsequent Fallout

Returning SBTV guest Marc Faber, editor and publisher of “The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report”, warns about the under-funding in public and private pensions. 

Will there be pitchforks when pensioners realize there is no money available for their retirement?

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Marc Faber: What should a Turkish investor do?

After successfully anticipating the 1987 Wall Street crisis, world-renowned investor Marc Faber, nicknamed kanal Doctor Doomsday ', answered the questions of economy journalist Erkan Öz in the Real Economy program on Youtube.

Faber made evaluations about the future of the world economy and Bitcoin.

Faber on the strong appearance of the dollar; While Central Banks like Europe, China and Japan are printing money, the Fed is going to shrink the balance sheet, and in this case, the Dollar remains relatively valuable against other currencies, but US President Donald Trump is not happy with the situation. Or Trump thinks the Fed is making a mistake. Who knows, maybe Fed has made a mistake. Kim

Faber said there was a significant slowdown in the global economy, a similar slowdown was observed in 2015, but this recession did not follow a recession, but this time he saw a high recession. He considered the possibility of recession as ın a higher probability than many people believe Res.

He said the Fed believes it will lower interest rates and that if the exchange rate falls by 10 percent, they will do so.
If you are in Turkey, you may need to keep more horses and silver

Faber reminded that the German economy was in trouble with the inflation between the years 1919-1923 and the Germans, who kept gold and silver in their hands, were lucky. Faber emphasized that he lost most of the population during that hyperinflation period and therefore bölüm It may be a good idea to keep gold and silver ett.

"The question is how much (gold and silver) should keep?" He reminded Faber, "If you live in Turkey, according to those who live in Switzerland or Japan may need to hold a larger amount," he said.

Faber also loved gold, but the central banks of the world compared to the amount of money in gold, silver and platinum performance could not be expected to draw attention.

renowned experts said that investors should be ready to diversify geographically, "If you are in Turkey and Turkey in all of your money if you are in an're more vulnerable to losses in value against the Turkish lira," he said.

Faber emphasized that it would be easier for investors to F hedge orsa themselves in a possible downtrend if part of their portfolio is located in the US, European or Asian markets.
”Bitcoin can become standard“

Faber said that he believes that 20-30 years later, the current children would not use paper money, he said:

Ebilir Blockchain technology is very interesting and Bitcoin can become a standard here. It's worth playing with a small portion of your money.

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BITCOIN Bitcoin runs past Stock Market in early half of 2019

In terms of increased valuation and competitive growth, Bitcoin [BTC] has been one of the stand-out performers of this year. The digital asset witnessed major price surges which resulted in a massive hike, breaching the $8,000 range for the first time since August 2018. The digital asset also managed to reform the opinion of former critics of Bitcoin, such as Marc Faber and Mark Mobius, who had earlier criticized the functionality and value of Bitcoin from an economic standpoint.

The improved development can also be verified in terms of numbers and market comparison as Anthony Pompliano, CEO of Morgan Creek Digital recently shared a tweet which demonstrated the early half performance of Bitcoin.

In terms of increased valuation and competitive growth, Bitcoin [BTC] has been one of the stand-out performers of this year. The digital asset witnessed major price surges which resulted in a massive hike, breaching the $8,000 range for the first time since August 2018. The digital asset also managed to reform the opinion of former critics of Bitcoin, such as Marc Faber and Mark Mobius, who had earlier criticized the functionality and value of Bitcoin from an economic standpoint.

The improved development can also be verified in terms of numbers and market comparison as Anthony Pompliano, CEO of Morgan Creek Digital recently shared a tweet which demonstrated the early half performance of Bitcoin.

Pompliano laid out a comparison between the stock market and Bitcoin, where it was observed that the stock market market cap was up by 12 percent in 2019, whereas Bitcoin exhibited a staggering 111 percent growth since January 1, 2019.

It was observed that the surge was particularly dominant between April and May, when the prices of Bitcoin improved by almost $2,000.

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Marc Faber Explains How to Identify Markets Fit For Investment

Marc Faber: All Fiat Currencies Will Collapse Against Precious Metals

I just wrote an essay about monetary inflation and the social impact of monetary inflation, because depending how the monetary inflation works through the system… in the case of hyperinflation, Germany in 1922, 1923, the middle class was essentially eliminated. They lost basically most of their savings one way or another. 

But the rich people made a lot of money. And I'm comparing it to the current time, where the middle class hasn't lost money per se, but because the rich people became so rich, the middle class has kind of been pushed down relative to the super rich people. That creates then an unfriendly environment.

The people that vote, they don't understand a lot. But it's very easy for a politician to go to people and say, "You know why you're not doing well? It's because of Jeff Bezos, he's got so much money, and because of Warren Buffet, he's got so much money, and Bill Gates, and so forth. And because of these hedge fund managers, they don't pay any tax or they don't pay much tax," which is actually true. The corporate world in America pays very little tax compared to individuals. If you look at the composition of tax revenues by the government, the bulk is paid by individuals, not by the corporate sector.

And so, through destroying wealth and income inequalities, the mood is in favor of taking money away from the wealthy people and distributing money to the ordinary people. And then they see, the ordinary people, how much is being spent on defense, in the case of the U.S., close to 750 billion dollars a year. And a lot of it is not accounted for. And they say, "Well, this money shouldn't be spent on defense. It should be spent on social programs," and so forth and so on. So the mood, towards socialism, especially we have surveys that showed the millennials, about 60% of the millennials, they are in favor of more government interventions.

The one thing I want to say, that everybody who lived through the monetary inflation of Germany - which ended up in kind of a hyperinflation, but I just want to explain - in the case of Germany, the hyperinflation was also made possible because the other countries didn't inflate. And so the mark depreciated against the foreign currencies, which then added to inflationary pressures. In the present state of monetary policy around the world, because everybody prints money, currencies don't collapse against each other, with very few exceptions like the Turkish lira and the Argentine peso and so forth. But basically, the major currencies, they trade against each other.

So where will the collapse of the currencies come from? In my opinion, they'll all collapse against precious metals. And it is conceivable, and this is something we just don't know, it is conceivable that they'll also collapse against some cryptocurrencies. Now, I think there is a chance, we're not sure - this is a kind of a theory - it is conceivable that Bitcoin becomes the standard, the gold standard of cryptos. But I'm not sure.

All I want to say, investors, in an environment such as we have of money printing, they need to diversify. They need to own some equities. We don't know whether these monetary inflations will end up with a deflationary bust, in which case you may want to own some U.S. Treasuries, or it could lead to high inflation, consumer price inflation, in which case you want to own maybe a farm or some properties overseas. Or you may wish to own some precious metals. I think in any scenario, you should own some precious metals. Or the question is, should you own 3% of your money in precious metals or 90%? That everybody has to decide for himself. I recommend about 20, 25% of your assets in precious metals.

And as to the question, which one is (likely to perform) best? I think platinum is the cheapest at the present time of the precious metals. And I think it has actually a favorable outlook. I think there will be a supply shortage, and that the price could significantly outperform gold and silver.

- Source, Marc Faber

Marc Faber: The Dollar Should Weaken and the Stock Market Will Follow

I think the dollar is strong because many investors argue that the economy in the U.S. is either better conditioned than European economies. Who knows? But one reason the dollar has been strong is you have all these negative interest rates in Europe. In Germany the 10-year yield is now negative, and in Japan as well, in Switzerland as well. 

And in Spain you have interest rates on the 10-year government bonds of 1%, whereas in the U.S. it's 2.58%. So, I could argue it's logical that if you get more than twice as much interest in U.S. Treasuries than in Spanish bonds, and you're an insurance company in Europe, or sovereign fund in the world, you rather buy U.S. Treasuries than Spanish bonds. I think it's quite logical. So, I think that has supported the dollar.

But I personally, I think the dollar should in due course weaken, and as the dollar weakens it could also trigger weakness in the stock market.

The Chinese had all this excessive credit growth. Now you could argue, well, they have this excessive credit growth because they have also a very high propensity, or rate of capital spending to build apartment buildings and bridges and roads, and the whole infrastructure. 

This is very costly. And so the borrowings are very high. But whether China will go into recession or not is a question also, can in China some sectors be in a recession, like car sales are down this year, and other sectors continue to expand? It's a huge country. It's actually almost a continent with 1.3 billion people. So, different sectors will perform differently. 

But since I live in Asia, my observation is that there has been a slowdown in economic activity. We're not in a recession, but we're in a very low-growth phase. There's very little growth at the present time, and if there is growth it is because of borrowings… but that is also the case in the U.S. Without a trillion-dollar deficit and the debt build-up, student loans and car loans and everything, and credit card loans, the U.S. economy wouldn't be growing either.

- Source, Marc Faber via Seeking Alpha

Marc Faber: Currencies To Collapse Against Precious Metals

It's particularly complex at the present time because the global central banks, I mean the major central banks, they can argue, well, there is little inflation in the system, and so we can continue to print money or to purchase assets, which, either way, is true. There is little consumer price inflation, partly because the economy of ordinary people is not particularly good. 

We have a split economy. The economy of the well-to-do or extremely well-to-do people is doing well, and the economy of the ordinary people in Europe, in Japan, in the U.S., is not doing well. And so there is little inflationary pressure, but there is a lot of inflation, or has been a lot of inflation in asset prices. Stocks are at highs in the U.S. essentially, not the oil industries but several industries. And we have now 10 trillion-dollar worth's of bonds in the world that have negative interest rates, it's in some kind of a bubble, or a big bubble.

And so we have this asset inflation, and in my view, the central banks and the policy makers, they realize that if the asset bubble really breaks, if the stock market drops 20%, if home prices drop 20%, if bond prices go down 20% or so, the whole world is in a depression. So, I think that when they started actually in 2008, with QE1 in December 2008, and I was asked at the time, "How do you think it will end?" I said, "They just started QE unlimited. I think they will continue to print money until the system breaks." And that can take another few years.

But I think, yeah, it's likely, if you were to look at the political landscape, you have on the one end the Republicans, at the present time under the leadership of Mr. Trump. He wants to spend on defense and on his wall and on all kinds of things. And the Democrats, they also want to spend on all kinds of things. So, you can be sure that the deficit in the U.S. will remain around a trillion dollars a year for the foreseeable future. And in my view it's more likely that this deficit will go up, and possibly quite substantially. So, the money printing, in my view, will continue.

Now could you have QE, and at the same time the Fed raising interest rates? That is a possibility. But in the current environment, where the economy has been slowing down, I think they will rather do nothing, especially also under the pressure from the White House, which essentially accuses, or tells the world that if the Fed hadn't raised interest rates, the stock market would be much higher. So, I think they will not increase rates further. I think they will not cut the rates, as Trump and Kudlow would suggest, to simply show them that they're independent, and that they don't need Mr. Trump and Mr. Kudlow to tell them what to do.

- Source, Marc Faber via Seeking Alpha

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Marc Faber: Storm Hasn’t Hit Yet, Bitcoin $4,000, Gold

Dr Doom Marc Faber Explains How to Identify Markets Fit For Investment

Marc Faber: Millennials Are SPOILED BRATS, QE4 Coming, Inflation Numbers BS

Warren Buffett Might Convert to Bitcoin, Dr Doom Already There

Famed Swiss investor, analyst and, until recently, crypto skeptic Marc Faber, 73, has bought his first bitcoin in another sign the old guard of investments is warming to crypto.

Speaking to German finance website Cash, Faber revealed he recently bought bitcoin for the first time to learn more about cryptocurrencies and following some persistent and high-profile badgering.

GLOOM, BOOM AND DOOM

His normally pessimistic market outlook earned him the nickname “Dr. Doom.” Faber, with a net worth reportedly around $25 billion, famously predicted the crash of 1987. He pens the Gloom, Boom and Doom monthly market report.

Younger readers of the newsletter, plus a “one-hour talk” with Wence Casares, CEO of Xapo, convinced Faber to take the plunge and buy bitcoin.

It’s a sign younger, clued-up investors who place more trust in crypto than traditional markets, are gradually asserting their influence on the old guard.

But Faber is not the only billionaire investor to be linked to crypto. Warren Buffett, 88, who famously called Bitcoin “rat poison squared” last year is also warming to blockchain.

Speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box, he has praised blockchain, despite admitting he doesn’t fully understand it:

It’s a very ingenious thing to figure out how to have a limited supply and make it harder and more expensive to create. This is explained to me by people a lot smarter than I am.

INSTITUTIONAL MONEY’S ALREADY HERE

Along with a $40 million investment from two US pension funds into Morgan Creek Digital’s crypto venture fund, the signs are positive of a subtle shift in attitudes towards bitcoin, and cryptocurrencies more generally.

Many claim the market has bottomed out. Meanwhile, wealthy investors and institutional money are only too aware of the Bitcoin’s potential.

Faber said he bought Bitcoin around the end of February. Prices were hovering around $3.8k per coin. He believes BTC now looks better from a technical perspective. The crash of Bitcoin contributes to his analysis.

During the interview he hinted that while not guaranteed, the future for bitcoin was good.

He said:

It’s not certain, but possible, that Bitcoin will be the standard for money transfers.

Faber is probably the best-known, but also the most controversial, Swiss investor.

As well as being nicknamed Dr. Doom or “the crash prophet”, he gained international recognition after predicting the Black Monday stock market crash in 1987.

He’s well known for his regular criticism of central banks and traditional monetary policy.

- Source, CCN

Legendary Investor Marc Faber Just Bought His First Bitcoin

After being a bitcoin skeptic for almost a year, Marc Faber is willing to give the digital asset a try.

In an interview with Cash, the legendary investor and stock market expert said that he bought his first bitcoins in late February. He admitted that he wanted to learn more about how digital currency works, which led him to his first decentralized asset purchase. 

He also added that at circa $3,000, bitcoin rates “looked better” to him that at $20,000 more than a year ago.

“I was tempted to purchase bitcoin when it was available for $200. But I held myself from purchasing something that I didn’t fully understand,” Faber told Cash.

The call-to-buy followed a year-long bearish market in which BTC lost approximately 79 percent of its market capitalization. 

The digital asset, for a brief time, maintained calm above $6,000 but poor fundamental dynamics created around November’s infamous Bitcoin Cash hard fork pushed the price to its 18-month low. 

Bitcoin has now located a new temporary bottom near $3,100 and, at the press time, it is priced at $3,867.

“In the last three months, bitcoin has surged 15 percent,” Faber noted.

Not a Bitcoin Bull

Faber warned that his followers should not presume his involvement in BTC as an endorsement. 

He stated that he remains unconvinced about the cryptocurrency. At the same time, Faber added that bitcoin could become “the standard for money transactions.”

Avid followers know Marc Faber as a cautious investor who tends to minimize investment risks. He is mostly known for predicting the 1987 stock market crash, also known as Black Monday. 

The accurate prediction earned him a lot of credits from his followers. He continued to be a central bank critic and blamed their monetary policies for every economic downturn.

Source, News BTC

Renowned Swiss Investor Marc Faber Finally Bought Bitcoin

Marc Faber, a renowned Swiss investor and publisher of the Gloom Boom & Doom Report newsletter, has finally bought into the world’s #1 cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC), according to an interview with Germany’s Cash, a prominent financial news outlet.

Faber’s Bitcoin investment is a big deal, as the savvy investor is ranked among the top investors in the world along with Warren Buffet. However, unlike Buffet, who is notorious for bad-mouthing Bitcoin, Faber has long been intrigued by the revolutionary cryptocurrency.

Marc Faber, a Famously Skeptical Investor

Faber is typically pessimistic about the outlook for financial markets and a devoted critic of central banks, whose monetary policies he believes are leading up to another financial recession. He is even dubbed “Dr. Doom” by the press for his skeptical and pessimistic outlook on markets.

With this outlook, Faber is famous for buying depressed assets which he considers are undervalued. This is the reason he finally took the plunge and bought his first chunk of Bitcoin, as the nascent asset class has lost near 80% of its value since its highs of late 2017.

Per the interview, which was held on March 8, Faber noted that he has always been interested in the developments of Bitcoin because of its comparison to gold or commodities.

However, he mentioned that up until 10 days ago he had been cautious and skeptical of it… counting back 10 days, this means he bought Bitcoin on or around February 27, 2019. According to Faber, Bitcoin reached an attractive price point compared to its $20,000 highs, which motivated him to take the plunge and invest.

Is the Bitcoin Bear Market Nearing Its End?

Faber isn’t the only big-time investor getting into crypto now.

For instance, Fidelity Digital Assets has opened its doors to select institutional clients that can now buy Bitcoin.

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey has been loading up on Bitcoin and Bitcoin miners in China are preparing for a bull run. There is so much bullish news happening, and the mentions here don’t even scratch the surface.

So is the Bitcoin bear market finally coming to an end?

Nobody knows for sure, and Faber isn’t making any calls either. However, he was quoted saying:

“It’s not certain, but possible, that Bitcoin will be the standard for money transfers.”

- Source, Invest in Blockchain

Marc Faber: Huge Asset Bubble Will Be Deflated

Legendary contrarian investor Dr. Marc Faber warns, “When I started to work in 1970 on Wall Street, the stock market capitalization of the U.S. as a percentage of GDP was between 25% and 30%. 

Now, the stock market capitalization alone is 150% of GDP, and when you add the bonds to it, we are at 300%. It’s a huge asset bubble compared to the real economy. 

I think no matter what they do, this asset bubble will be deflated, and it will be very painful. 

The asset holders are the powerful ones here, and they don’t want it deflated.

The question is would it have been better economically to go into the hospital in 2008/2009 and clean up the system rather than to essentially inject the sick patient with more opioids to keep him alive? 

It’s going to get much worse the next time it happens.”

- Source, USA Watchdog

Marc Faber on the Fed, Stocks, and GOLD

Everyone wants to know whether this stock market sell-off is a buying opportunity or the first move in a long-term downtrend. 

Swiss investor Marc Faber joins Silver Doctors with a word of caution. 

Faber doubts the majority of stocks will make new highs. In the next two years, many investors will not make money in equities, he says. 

The Fed will likely try to prop up the market through more accommodative monetary policy. 

He sees a possible rolling out of quantitative easing and a halt to rate raising. At that point, the Dollar will weaken.

- Source, Finance and Liberty

Economic Boom or Doom?

Default and or Hyperinflation within 10 years?

Ross Clark & Marc Faber: Oil, Gold and Stocks in 2019

Marc Faber: I Am My Own Central Banker

Everyone always says, I want to buy low and I want to sell high. So I think for me, of course I own a lot of gold, and I need to buy more to keep asset allocation between 25% in Real Estate, 25% in equities, 25% cash and bonds, and 25% gold. 

I need to buy more. So for me this is a very happy event. I don’t like to buy gold at $1,900 like in 2011. I like to buy it here or lower.

Gold Broker: Do you think it will break under $1,000 like some people say?

Marc Faber: Look. The forecasting record of people is horrible, in particular, the forecasting record of the Federal Reserve. So, I don’t know, maybe it will go below $1,000 but my sense is that it will not stay below $1,000. 

I would use the current weakness as a buying opportunity. I’m telling everybody, you as an investor, and me as an investor, we cannot trust the government.

I am my own central banker. I keep my own physical gold. I do not trust anyone of these (unprintable word).

- Source, Money Talks

Marc Faber: Stocks, Gold, Crypto, Petroyuan, New Silk Road and World War

Renown Swiss investor and publisher of "The Gloom, Boom and Doom Report" Dr. Marc Faber discusses the global markets, housing and bond bubbles, central bank manipulation, gold, Trump, the petroyuan, the New Silk Road and what a potential conflict between the U.S. and China might look like as old empires die and new ones are born.


- Source, Geopolitics & Empire

Marc Faber Urgently Warns: Every Market in the United States is About to be Surpassed by Asia!

Marc Faber Speaks on the Dreary State of US stocks

"The slowdown in US economy seen since the start of 2018 and it is visible in the performance of US bonds", says Marc Faber, Editor & Publisher of "The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report". 

He adds weak oil prices, signal economic slowdown.

- Source, ET Now

Dr Doom Issues a Stark Warning to All Investors

What many people missed and misunderstood in the early 1980s we had a major turning point. We went from consumer price inflation to asset inflation.

‘The first to rally were bonds after September 81. The second were stocks, August 82, and then real estate prices went up, art prices went up and so forth. But real assets under performed financial assets.

‘Now you look back at the period, 81, that is now more than 30 years ago. 2017-2018 we had in the world some consumer price inflation, especially in services, like insurance, but the big inflation was in assets. Asset prices kept on going up, and each time they came down there were more monetary injections by central banks.’

‘I think the world is conditioned that this asset inflation will continue. But I think there is a probability — that is very high — that the way consumer price inflation peaked out, in 1980, we may have a peak now in asset inflation. And it is conceivable to me that, for a very long time, like the Japanese market after 89 that peaked out at close to 40,000 and we are now at around 22,000, you know this is almost 30 years that for a long time stocks will not go up.

‘That is a possibility, and that also real estate will not be a very good investment […]. These are things that I think when you ask me if you ask me at the future what do you see. I think there is a real danger that this colossal asset inflation we have that created a lot of wealth inequality, that this is coming to an end.’

- Source, Markets and Money

Why Marc Faber is looking to invest in badly hurt Indian stocks

If we look at the markets around the world, they have always been driven very much by the S&P500. In other words when S&P500 goes up, other markets go up some more and some less. Like in 2017, all the Asian markets grossly outperformed the US, and also European markets in 2018 most Asian markets have underperformed the US. I have to say there is an exception, which is India that has performed reasonably well, not that well in the US dollarNSE 2.45 % terms, but in local currency it is at least up for the year.

Since the beginning of the year if you analyse statistics, there was a slowdown in economic activity and in particular after August, business fell off a cliff. I talked to some people in August and they were still very optimistic about the future and in November they wrote that the revenues are 20 per cent below a year ago.

In other words they totally misread the economic slowdown that was going to take place in the second half and this economic slowdown is actually visible in the performance of bonds in the US. If you look at the stock market between October, early November and today, we are down say plus/minus 10 per cent, depending on the index.

Some indices are actually down from the peak by 20 per cent. But in the bond market, the 10-year US treasury has rallied since early November by 10 per cent. I think we will now consolidate and I am just saying that bond market was beginning to recognise the economic slowdown earlier than the stock market.

- Source, Economic Times India

Asian markets have underperformed US, India remains an exception

Marc Faber, author of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report , believes the reforms implemented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi are favourable for India. The only concern over Indian equities is their valuations, he told ETNow in an interview.

- Source, ET

Marc Faber speaks on the dreary December for the US stocks

"The slowdown in US economy seen since the start of 2018 and it is visible in the performance of US bonds", says Marc Faber, Editor & Publisher of "The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report". He adds weak oil prices, signal economic slowdown/ recession. Listen in!

- Source, Times Now