Mark Faber Fears "Stocks Could Be Dead Money For A While" But "Gold Has Bottomed"

"Since September 2011's $1921 peak, gold has been in correction mode," Mark Faber tells Barrons in this brief clip, but the overhwleminly bearish sentiment combined with the major accumulation (most notably by China) means "gold prices have probably bottomed," and some gold mining stocks are well positioned. While Faber has recently expressed concern at the potential for a major correction in stocks, he notes that there are pockets of value worth investigating including European Telcos and Indo-China travel-related stocks. However, the Gloom, Boom & Doom report writer warns that "stocks could be dead money for a while."

On Gold and Gold Miners:

Gold peaked at $1,921 an ounce in September 2011. Since then, it has been in a correction mode. Sentiment is bearish, but some countries are accumulating gold, notably China, which will buy an estimated 2,600 tons this year, exceeding annual production. Prices probably are bottoming.

Gold-mining shares aren't expensive either, although many exploration companies won't make it. If you buy the miners, look for companies that have raised capital already or have sufficient reserves. They are best-positioned to survive the next few years if there is no upturn in the gold price.

Full Barrons' Interview below:



Marc Faber is a great contrarian investor and publisher of the Gloom Boom & Doom Report. He is well known for his accurace predictions of stock market crashes and other correct calls on different investment assets.

Faber: Apple could face bankruptcy

The famous investor Marc Faber believes that Apple is a problem the company that makes many " frivolous " products and therefore may be directed towards bankruptcy.

" Apple shares are those you are not interested ," Faber said in an interview quoted by Business Insider. " I'm not saying that they will sink , but may get there eventually ," said another prominent investor.

According to Marc Faber eventual fate of Apple has a similar example from the past.

" It's like a Polaroid of the 70s . Eventually she , like Apple, has been founded and led by renowned innovator who eventually left her," recalls Faber.

"Dr. Edwin Land, who is the founder of Polaroid, was the owner of more patents than any other in the world," said Marc Faber.

1982 Land left his seat on the Board of Directors of Polaroid, and subsequently dropped from his research position at the company. In 2001 and famous for its production of sunglasses company filed for bankruptcy protection and continue to sell its assets.

At present, Apple certainly is a far cry from the fate of Polaroid. The technology giant has current assets of $ 43 billion. Her only income in the second quarter of 2013 even reached $ 35 billion.

Faber argues that the technology industry is full of " tombstones " of ekspazarni leaders. "We and many other examples of high-tech companies that simply disappeared," said the investor.

According to Faber biggest issue of Apple is that its products are not suited to human needs.

" It's just a company that produces toys for grown-ups," said popular investor.

Marc Faber is a great contrarian investor and publisher of the Gloom Boom & Doom Report. He is well known for his accurace predictions of stock market crashes and other correct calls on different investment assets.

Marc Faber: Growth in China is rather 4%

China's economy probably growing at an annual rate of 4 %, according to Marc Faber , known in the investment community with extremely negative outlook. " I told an economist , I believe that the second-largest economy is growing at a rate of 4 % per year, and he asked me, lest I mean rate of minus four percent ," said Faber to financial magazine CNBC. " I do not think that growth was negative in the amount of 4% , but must be included in the projection state of the credit market, which is at healthy levels ," says Faber. China's economy grew by 7.7% last year as projected on the side of growth this year of 7.5 %, according to government data. Big credit growth is one of the main risks to the growth of the Chinese economy , according to market observers. In recent months, the central bank of the country , apparently realized the problem, some efforts to address the poor state of the credit market. Contrary to the opinion expressed by Faber , retail , long-term investment and industrial production were better than expected. Faber motivate their negative expectations with other indicators, such as sales data with neighboring countries that might provide better information for the Chinese economy in the distorted statistics of the country. "You have to take into account other indicators that are more reliable , such as data export to countries like Taiwan and South Korea ," said Faber. Faber confirmed positive attitudes for gold, commenting that the precious metal is relatively cheap right now.

Marc Faber is a great contrarian investor and publisher of the Gloom Boom & Doom Report. He is well known for his accurace predictions of stock market crashes and other correct calls on different investment assets.