I dont think we will make a new high above 1370 on the S&P

Marc Faber : well, I think that the super bulls and super bears will be disappointed that we're in a trading range between 900 on the S&P and say1350, something like this. I don't think we will make a new high above the may 2nd high on the S&P which was 1370 , but I'd like to make the following observation , if you print money in the US it does not mean that it creates bubbles in the US , it can create bubble in your neighboring region , say, Latin America or Asia or it can create bubbles in precious metals or in commodities or in home prices somewhere else in the world or say, for instance, in China. and if the Chinese bubble burst one day which inevitably will happen, maybe not tomorrow but may be in three months,may be in three years, when it happens, it will have devastating consequences for the global economy. - in CNBC -



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

I think that stocks will continue to go up

Marc Faber : well, I think that I am very constructive and a great optimist in life otherwise I would commit suicide in view of the kind of governments we have nowadays because for sure they will take wealth away from the well to do people one way or the other. and from the middle class they will take it away through inflating the economy and lowering the standards of living , the typical household in western Europe in the U.S,. has lower standards of living today than, say, 20, 30 years ago. there's no question about this. and so I think that we are in a very difficult situation and that deleveraging must occur the governments don't want to recognize that. and so the fiscal deficits are out of hand. but it doesn't mean that stocks will go down when you print money. everything goes up at different times, different asset classes. and I think that stocks may still continue to go up and I rather own equities than government bonds for the next ten years. - in CNBC -

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

as long as we have Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen at the FED they will print money

Marc Faber : Well before they'll go bankrupt they'll print money and they can print endless money and as long as we have Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen at the FED they will also print money ,and so they can postpone the end game endlessly, endlessly not, but say for another five to ten years. but each money printing exercise brings about unintended consequences and these unintended consequences are partly higher inflation rates than would have been had no money been printed , I just read today that education cost this year will rise by 8 percent and that you know the typical household cannot afford anymore good education so the students have to get student loans now the student loans almost exceed consumer credit outstanding. so you essentially create more borrowings on top of an over leveraged society and eventually the hour of truth will happen - in CNBC -

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

The governments today are no more representing the interest of the communities

Marc Faber : ....Exactly what I mean, I think the governments today are no more representing the interest of the communities but they are defending their personal interests and essentially you can buy votes by voting for people who hand out money such as Mr Obama , I think he has good chance to be re-elected by simply distributing money, 48% of americans today, they get some kind of government subsidy and the problem is, in Italy, in Greece, in Spain, everywhere, entitlements should be cut now and not in 2026. that will be far too late. but nobody wants to accept the reality. - in CNBC -

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

The end crisis will be postponed until the sovereigns go bankrupt

Marc Faber : well, I don't know what other people think but what I think will happen eventually and there are so many contradictory statements coming out that nobody really knows ,But eventually the same will happen as i the United States the ECB will print money one way or the other and the debts that essentially should be written down to a realistic value will continue to be carried on the books of banks at unrealistic values so the end crisis will be postponed until the sovereigns go bankrupt.

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