Faber : Stocks & Bonds will go down at the same time

Inflation is an increase in the quantity of money and credit. The symptoms occur in a variety of forms. You can print money in the US, but it could happen that it does not boost economic activity in the US but only in China or in Vietnam or Indian and so forth. It can boost wages in India, it can boost real estate prices in London, and so forth, because we have a global economy. Stating there is no inflation is an error.

In case things turn out bad again, the central bankers have one thing left: money. When they start throwing out money, it will lead to price increases. Nobody can deny that anywhere in the world energy prices are substantially higher than they were ten years ago. Nobody can deny that food prices are up. Nobody in the US can deny that insurance premiums are up. So, to throw money at the system, at some point will lead to some more visible (!) pressure on consumer prices. Stocks has basically done nothing since the beginning of the year. But long term bonds are up 12% this year. Now, during the next downturn, I believe stocks and bonds will go down at the same time. -  in a recent CNBC interview



Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.Dr. Doom also trades currencies and commodity futures like Gold and Oil.

Marc Faber : Stocks are by-and-large fully priced

“I think the market is way overdue for a 20 to 30 percent correction,” “nothing worries me… In fact, I’m hoping for the market to drop 40 percent so stocks will again become—from a value point of view—attractive.”
“But that is not the view of someone who is fully invested—obviously not.”
“Stocks are by-and-large fully priced”
“I think the experience with quantitative easing is a complete failure. It has lifted asset prices and created asset inflation, but it hasn’t lifted the standard of living of most people in the U.S. nor worldwide.”
On the chance of a bounce (and what next?)
“If the rebound fails around 1,820 [on the S&P 500] and then the market starts to drift again on the downside, and we see important shares for the market such as General Motors, GE, MMM, Coke … failing to make new highs, then I think we can assume that something more serious is in the offing.”





Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.Dr. Doom also trades currencies and commodity futures like Gold and Oil.

Stocks & Real Estate are better than Cash

I would imagine that real estate is relatively safe because it’s widely owned by a large portion of the population. It may go down in value and it may be taxed away but it’s feasibly safe. 

If you look at Germany in 1928, the large and the more stable companies from Siemens to whatever it is, say, BASF, they survived. And so you were better off in stocks in the long run to wars and hyperinflation than in cash and bonds.

Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.

Marc Faber

Faber : Real Estate & Stocks are better than Cash

I would imagine that real estate is relatively safe because it’s widely owned by a large portion of the population. It may go down in value and it may be taxed away but it’s feasibly safe.

If you look at Germany in 1928, the large and the more stable companies from Siemens to whatever it is, say, BASF, they survived. And so you were better off in stocks in the long run to wars and hyperinflation than in cash and bonds.

Marc Faber

Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.

Marc Faber sees No Value in Stocks

Marc Faber, Marc Faber Limited managing director, and The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report publisher, discusses the market's record run and his plans to short stocks. Faber says we are now in a gigantic speculative bubble.








Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.

There are very Few Stocks that are making new Highs

Marc Faber :  "There are very few stocks that are making new highs," . "The majority of stocks have been moving sideways to down over the last six months. Some stocks, like IBM, are no higher than they were in 2011." - in CNBC

Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.

Marc Faber : Stocks are not Bargains anymore

Marc Faber, Publisher of The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report explains why some Asian markets are currently oversold and discusses his investments in Thailand and Malaysia

Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.

Only 10 or 50 very strong Stocks can drive the Market higher

“The only way this market can go up is if the 10 or 50 stocks that are very strong continue to drive the market higher, with the majority of stocks having actually peaked out,” Marc Faber told CNBC recently .


Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.

Marc Faber : No Rush To Buy Emerging Markets Stocks

Investment Guru Marc Faber says that one should be selling emerging markets when the foreigners are heavy buyers and vice versa. "So investment banks turning negative on India is indeed a positive for country," he says, adding that US may outperform EMs.



Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.

Marc Faber: Stocks could fall 20% to 30%... easily

"If you believe that [Bernanke] means what he says," explains Gloom, Boom, and Doom's Marc Faber to a spell-bound Trish Regan on Bloomberg TV, "then you believe in Father Christmas."

Simply put, Faber adds, "we are going to see QE99," and while he notes that equities, bonds, and gold are "very oversold," he would "rather buy bonds and gold than equities."

From his views on Laszlo Birinyi to inflation, the 'taper', US housing, and China, Faber calmly warns that "the S&P could drop 20-30% from the recent highs - easily."

"The only thing that I know is that I want to own some physical gold because I don't want all of my assets in financial assets." - in Bloomberg

Marc Faber : I haven’t been shorting any US Stocks since 2009

Marc Faber : “I was relatively positive about U.S. stocks since March 2009,” Faber said. “I haven’t any short positions. I haven’t been shorting any stocks since 2009. But the U.S. marches up , consumer confidence marches down, and emerging markets are performing badly relative to the U.S. The dollar is strong indicating a tightening of international liquidity. And so I don’t think that the U.S. market will go up a lot from here I rather think that there’s now considerable downside risk.” - in a recent interview with CNBC

Marc Faber : Stocks move up and they can also move down

Marc Faber : We could easily see 10% correction. We have seen over 30% correction in Apple (AAPL). So it is a reminder that stocks move up and they can also move down. My scenario for 2013 is either the market will make a peak relatively soon which will not be exceeded or we have a correction of a month or two and then another strong rally into August, such as we had in 1987 when the Dow Jones between January 1987 and August 1987 increased by 41%. However, it then lost 40% in two months.
If we had a very strong rally into the summer, as was the case in 1987, I would not then look for a correction. But, I would look for a very significant market decline to follow. However, the more likely scenario is in my view a strong rally into the summer. First, there will be a correction, then this rally and then a more significant top in 2013 which will not be exceeded for a while.- in money control

Marc Faber : Stocks could go ballistic in 2012

Marc Faber: Yes. Credit was growing rapidly and the hangover period could last for a while but these markets are good long-term investments. I travel extensively in these countries and you can see the growth of economic development. People go from bicycles to motorcycles, and from motorcycles to cars. First-time buyers of cars jump socially, as do first-time buyers of homes. Thailand has several consumer-credit companies. Buyers will do everything to pay off their loans. They aren't going to walk away. Plus, bankruptcy laws are tough. Hedge funds performed badly last year, with few exceptions. Why is that? The bond market was strong, gold was up 11% and the U.S. market was flat, but sectors such as utilities did well. This year the economy could contract and stocks could go ballistic as central banks print money. If investors are diversified, they might do all right. - in The Barron's 2012 Roundtable

Marc Faber recommends Oil Stocks and Mining Companies stocks

Marc Faber recommends American Oil Companies and Mining Companies Stocks

Marc Faber I do not think they are great great companies or great great investments but their stocks have corrected down , I believe that in the next six months the economy will look somewhat better , particularly compared to 2009 , because do not forget March 2009 was about the bottom of the recession , and so we are comparing now with very low economic activity a year ago , so the statistics may look somewhat better , and if the western world recovers somewhat combined with the still emerging economies , I think the oil price will rather go up than down and there fore I think that Oil stocks could perform reasonably well by the way also mining companies

Dr Marc 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.
Dr Faber publishes a widely read monthly investment newsletter "The Gloom Boom & Doom Report" report which highlights unusual investment opportunities, and is the author of several books including “ TOMORROW'S GOLD – Asia's Age of Discovery” which was first published in 2002 and highlights future investment opportunities around the world. “ TOMORROW'S GOLD ” was for several weeks on Amazon's best seller list and is being translated into Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai and German. Dr. Faber is also a regular contributor to several leading financial publications around the world.
Dr. Marc Faber also known as Dr Doom is an investment adviser, investment analyst and fund manager author and publisher of the Gloom Boom & Doom Report ,and the author of "Tomorrows Gold" . Dr Faber is known for his contrarian investment approach. Dr Marc Faber is associated with a variety of funds and is a member of the Board of Directors of numerous companies.
In 1987 he warned his clients to cash out before Black Monday on Wall Street. He made them handsome profits by forecasting the burst in the Japanese Bubble in 1990. He correctly predicted the collapse in US gaming stocks in 1993; and he foresaw the Asia-Pacific financial crisis of 1997/98 and the resulting global volatility. Dr Doom motto is "Follow the course opposite to custom and you will almost be right"
Mr. Faber is also the author of several books, including Tomorrow’s Gold – Asia’s Age of Discovery, and is a director of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. , a mining firm focused on the Asia Pacific region. He is also an adviser to a number of private investment funds.