Marc Faber:
Basically we are in an environment where central banks are monetising debts and where the balance sheets of central banks are increasing, and this will continue, especially in the United States and Europe.
We are also in an environment where in the long run, a lot of sovereign debts will either not be paid or will have to be inflated away. So owning some physical gold is a prudent insurance. I am specifying here 'physical gold' because one wants to protect oneself as an investor for the potential of a systemic collapse of the financial system.
ET Now: The FII flows to the Indian markets have grossed 1 lakh crore mark. What explains the strong flow of funds to emerging markets like India?
Marc Faber:
In general, investors realise in the world that we are in a changing environment where emerging economies are becoming more important relative to the rest of the world. So we have to, from time to time, rebalance portfolios into emerging economies. Now I am not sure that I would necessarily buy the Indian market right here, but even if India only grows at 5% or 6%, it is still much better than no growth in Europe and hardly any growth in the United States.
Contrarian Investor Dr.Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.
