Marc Faber explains the Insider Trading

Marc Faber : ...I would just like to say about the insider selling, this is also something that I follow and that concerns me. But having said that, and being on the boards of different companies, let me explain to you what happens. Let’s say I am on the board of a company and I get stock options, and I exercise the stock options and then to diversify, I may sell some of the shares I own in that company through my stock option plan, and then I may go and buy other stocks in the market, or make other investments.Because of the proliferation of option plans in the last twenty years or so, there is a natural tendency that when a CEO sells shares, it is reported, but when he invests with hedge fund management, or buys shares in other companies, it is not reported. I think there has been a change in the validity of this statistic. But I agree with you, at the present, the ratio is so huge between selling and buying, that it is a rather negative indicator. Then, when you combine that with other indicators that are also negative, a hugely over-bought market, for instance, I think some caution is in order...
in McAlavany interview 23 Feb 2011

Alan Greenspan on Inflation and Profits,

Mar. 4 2011 | Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve chairman, says profitability doesn't mean a business is willing to invest in illiquid assets. He also shares thoughts on inflation.

Marc Faber on Bloomberg March 03 2011

Marc Faber said that a global systemic collapse would in relative terms benefit the United States he explains why . Marc Faber on the Phone from Tokyo speaking with bloomberg :"...well I think in a really negative environment where everything collapses the US is still a relatively self sustained economy that produce enough food and they have the resources even to produce enough energy if they wanted to , the problem is that interest lobbies prevent new sources of energy to be developed and so the US is still highly dependent on imported oil , besides from imported oil and I would say in life you need to eat everyday but you do not need to go to your office everyday you could do your job from your home and so essentially energy consumption could go down substantially in a crisis level , if I were really very negative about the whole world , I would have better be in the US than say Guatemala , Venezuela Saudi Arabia ..."


Marc Faber Says U.S. Stocks Will Outperform Emerging Markets
March 3 (Bloomberg) -- Marc Faber, publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom report, talks about the outlook for global stock markets. Faber also discusses the U.S. economy and commodity markets. He speaks with Tom Keene on Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance Midday." (Source: Bloomberg)