The writer of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, urged investment specialists at the CFA Institute Conference in Chicago that 25 percent of a portfolio should be assigned to gold given the very significant risks facing investors today. Faber said rates are so low that investors can’t generate income in bonds so they keep buying stocks and shares even though the prices are extremely inflated.

Central banks want to increase stock prices to make people feel rich and therefore spend their money, but the final result is income inequality and investor resentment, he said. “Faber told the investment professionals collected in Chicago that they shouldn’t be prejudiced against platinum. Although the typical investment pro continues significantly less than 1 percent of his or her portfolio in silver, Faber suggests 25 %. He views it as security from an unhealthy combination of great government debt and massive bond-buying by central banks globally trying to fight off a downturn with near-zero interest rates. “It’s ludicrous to believe that slashing rates shall get people to spend.” When rates are low, he says, you feel insecure as savings earn nothing. So, “you save more” based on the Chicago Tribune.

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