My worst investment decision so far is to lend money to friends. So far, it has all come to zero. Marc Faber baddecisionfriend Change image and share on social
I'd rather buy something that is relatively depressed than something that is relatively high. Marc Faber buydepresshigh Change image and share on social
My view is that the U.S. market will eventually join the emerging markets on the downside because if you take a bearish view about emerging economies, you cannot be too optimistic about the U.S. because for many U.S. corporations, 50 percent or more of their profits come from emerging economies. Marc Faber bearishcorporationdownside share on social
If the U.S. Government was a company, the deficit would be $5 trillion because they would have to account by general accepted accounting principles. But actually they encourage government spending, reckless government spending, because the government can issue Treasury bills at extremely low interest rates. Marc Faber acceptaccountbill share on social
I don't particularly like equities, but I think equities are a better space to be in than bonds. Marc Faber bondequityspace Change image and share on social
I would rather buy Indian equities than the S&P 500. Marc Faber buyequityindian Change image and share on social
I'm an economist. I'm not a political servant. Marc Faber economistpoliticalservant Change image and share on social
The Federal Reserve - all of them - could be sitting on a barrel of dynamite, and then pouring gasoline on top of it, and then light a cigar with matches, throw the match into the gasoline, and then not notice that there is any danger. Marc Faber barrelcigardanger share on social
I think Mr. Obama is a disaster for business and a disaster for the United States. Not that Mr. Romney would be much better, but the Republicans understand the problem of excessive debt better than Mr. Obama, who basically doesn't care about piling up debt. Marc Faber basicallybusinesscare share on social
I don't think Canada is very inexpensive anymore. I travel there all the time; it's rather on the expensive side. I think there's significant risk to the Canadian economy. Marc Faber anymorecanadacanadian Change image and share on social