Be Your Own Central Banker
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 8:53 am
I know doomer porn is not good for your financial health but I thought the following excerpt from an interview with Marc Faber most interesting...
He appears to espouse his own version of a quadroscoptic permanent portfolio: 25% Land, 25% Gold, 25% Cash/Bonds and 25% equities but the concept that resonated with me was his statement that he owns gold because wants to be his own central banker...
Marc Faber: Everyone always says, I want to buy low and I want to sell high. So I think for me, of course I own a lot of gold, and I need to buy more to keep asset allocation between 25% in Real Estate, 25% in equities, 25% cash and bonds, and 25% gold. I need to buy more. So for me this is a very happy event. I don't like to buy gold at $1,900 like in 2011. I like to buy it here or lower.
Gold Broker: Do you think it will break under $1,000 like some people say?
Marc Faber: Look. The forecasting record of people is horrible, in particular, the forecasting record of the Federal Reserve. So, I don't know, maybe it will go below $1,000 but my sense is that it will not stay below $1,000. .... I would use the current weakness as a buying opportunity. ... I'm telling everybody, you as an investor, and me as an investor, we cannot trust the government. ... I am my own central banker. I keep my own physical gold. I do not trust anyone of these FCKs.
He appears to espouse his own version of a quadroscoptic permanent portfolio: 25% Land, 25% Gold, 25% Cash/Bonds and 25% equities but the concept that resonated with me was his statement that he owns gold because wants to be his own central banker...
Marc Faber: Everyone always says, I want to buy low and I want to sell high. So I think for me, of course I own a lot of gold, and I need to buy more to keep asset allocation between 25% in Real Estate, 25% in equities, 25% cash and bonds, and 25% gold. I need to buy more. So for me this is a very happy event. I don't like to buy gold at $1,900 like in 2011. I like to buy it here or lower.
Gold Broker: Do you think it will break under $1,000 like some people say?
Marc Faber: Look. The forecasting record of people is horrible, in particular, the forecasting record of the Federal Reserve. So, I don't know, maybe it will go below $1,000 but my sense is that it will not stay below $1,000. .... I would use the current weakness as a buying opportunity. ... I'm telling everybody, you as an investor, and me as an investor, we cannot trust the government. ... I am my own central banker. I keep my own physical gold. I do not trust anyone of these FCKs.