I don't know how the world will look in five years, so I have heeded Ray
 Dalio's advice to diversify. [Dalio heads the investment firm 
Bridgewater Associates.] I keep 25% of my assets in equities. I haven't 
shorted anything yet, although I am tempted to short the S&P or the 
Russell 2000. I don't own U.S. stocks, but I hold some Asian shares, 
including Singapore real-estate investment trusts, which I will discuss 
momentarily. Markets in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand have 
quadrupled from their postcrisis lows, and aren't attractive any more. 
But I still hold some shares in these markets with relatively high 
dividend yields.- in Barron's
Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.

a true master. read old blogs and draw own conclusions. saying I was dead wrong, sorry, seems to be easier for Bernanke than other Doctors..
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