Invest In Gold Now As Stock Market To Crash – Faber

by Mark O’Byrne, Gold Core:
Marc Faber, editor of the “Gloom, Doom & Boom Report,” has advised investors that now is a good time to invest in gold because stocks will crash over 40% and the world is on the verge of a new liquidity and debt crisis.
Faber says investors would be prudent to diversify into safe haven in gold bullion which has risen 3% this year and is currently at $1,096 an ounce.
He recently told MarketWatch that the stock-market downturn could result in stocks hitting lows not seen in five years.
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Hitting The Real Jackpot

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy?

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The Terminal Decline Of The Middle Class & Money Velocity

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How The Banks Are Tightening The Noose On U.S. Oil Firms

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Are you really going to take financial advice from someone who gets his ass kick by a piece of exercise equipment???

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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/20/2016 - 14:58 You know America's economy (and politicians) has become entirely financialized when Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid says the following:
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