Marc Faber - You Should Have 20 - 30% in Physical Gold

Marc Faber on CNBC Tue 23 Aug : Marc Faber, Gloom, Boom, and Doom Report, who adds that everyone should hold some gold because it is a form of cash. : " I would expect a correction in Gold to occur Marc Faber :"I'm not certain that people should buy gold today because we have a huge run in precious metals recently and they need to consolidate or shake out the weak holder. I would expect the correction in gold to occur. I think that everybody should have some gold if they want to own some cash because gold is the most honest form of cash people can own" "well, it's (ETFs) a claim on physical gold. i prefer if investors hold physical gold in a safe deposit box ideally outside of the u.s. in various locations, Switzerland, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada. " "I think it's important in today's very uncertain world to diversify not only the various asset classes, in other words equities, bonds, gold, real estate and also the custody of your assets should be in different jurisdiction , I don't trust anyone"

Equities look reasonably attractive compared to treasuries

Marc Faber : if you compare treasury bond yields and equities , Equities look reasonably attractive compared to treasuries , I think we will have zero and below zero interest rates for the next ten years in the real terms in other words inflation adjusted , to keep money in cash is a disaster for the next ten years , and finally the mood is so negative right now , as a contrarian you do not take a huge short position when people are as bearish as they are now , and when insider buying has peaked up as much , but believe me I am as bearish as the greatest bear is , it just that I do not believe that stocks will implode - in Bloomberg