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title: "4 Assets Quotes By Marc Faber"
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> [The positive aspect of my negative view is essentially that you shouldn't own cash and government bonds, but you should be in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/the-positive-aspect-of-my-negative-view-is-essentially-that-you/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

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> [When I look at asset prices; real estate, bonds, equities, vintage cars… I think that gold is actually one of the few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/when-i-look-at-asset-prices-real-estate-bonds-equities-vintage-cars-i/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

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> [ You have to say that we are again in a massive financial bubble in bonds, in equities, in \[other\] asset prices that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/you-have-to-say-that-we-are-again-in-a-massive-financial-bubble-in/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

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> [I have argued again and again that investors should hold some assets in precious metals as an alternative to cash. One of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/i-have-argued-again-and-again-that-investors-should-hold-some-assets/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

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## Other authors on Assets

## More by Marc Faber

> [I believe that the market is slowly waking up to the fact that the Federal Reserve is a clueless organization. They have no idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/i-believe-that-the-market-is-slowly-waking-up-to-the-fact-that-the/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

> [It is clear to me that the financial sector, including CNBC, loves central banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/it-is-clear-to-me-that-the-financial-sector-including-cnbc-loves/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

> [The positive aspect of my negative view is essentially that you shouldn't own cash and government bonds, but you should be in assets like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/the-positive-aspect-of-my-negative-view-is-essentially-that-you/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

> [I'm an economist. I'm not a political servant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/i-m-an-economist-i-m-not-a-political-servant/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

> [Our best long-term and intermediate cycles suggest another slowdown and stock crash accelerating between very early 2014 and early 2015, and possibly lasting well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/our-best-long-term-and-intermediate-cycles-suggest-another-slowdown/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

> [Now, McDonald's is a very good indicator of the global economy. If McDonald's doesn't increase its sales, it tells you that the monetary policies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/now-mcdonald-s-is-a-very-good-indicator-of-the-global-economy-if/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

> [The Federal Reserve - all of them - could be sitting on a barrel of dynamite, and then pouring gasoline on top of it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/the-federal-reserve-all-of-them-could-be-sitting-on-a-barrel-of/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

> [If you really believe that every three years the market will double, then go and buy shares. I don't believe that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/if-you-really-believe-that-every-three-years-the-market-will-double/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

> [There's no such thing as a favorite investment. But I think I tend to invest in Asia in promising countries, in equities, in real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/there-s-no-such-thing-as-a-favorite-investment-but-i-think-i-tend-to/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

> [The entire political elite has mismanaged the Indian economy for the last 50 years. You cannot solve a crisis that is borne as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/the-entire-political-elite-has-mismanaged-the-indian-economy-for-the/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

> [It's pointless to talk to Fed members about economics because they are academics who believe in money-printing. Some of them believe they didn't print…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/it-s-pointless-to-talk-to-fed-members-about-economics-because-they/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

> [When it comes to money, the best investments were probably the ones I did not make.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/when-it-comes-to-money-the-best-investments-were-probably-the-ones-i/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

> [What I object to the current government intervention in so-called 'solving the crisis', they haven't solved anything. They've just postponed it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/what-i-object-to-the-current-government-intervention-in-so-called/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

> [In the economy of the cuckoo people that populate central banks, everything is possible. What you have is gigantic bubbles, the NASDAQ in 2000,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/in-the-economy-of-the-cuckoo-people-that-populate-central-banks/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

> [My worst investment decision so far is to lend money to friends. So far, it has all come to zero.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/my-worst-investment-decision-so-far-is-to-lend-money-to-friends-so/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

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