Marc Faber

Marc Faber
Born (1946-02-28) February 28, 1946 (age 78)[1]
Zurich, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
EducationUniversity of Zurich (PhD)
OccupationInvestor

Marc Faber (born February 28, 1946; nicknamed "Dr. Doom")[2][3][4] is a Swiss investor based in Thailand. He is the publisher of the Gloom Boom & Doom Report newsletter, and the director of Marc Faber Ltd, which acts as an investment advisor and fund manager.[1][5][6] Faber also serves as director, advisor, and shareholder of a number of investment funds that focus on emerging and frontier markets, including Asia Frontier Capital Ltd.'s AFC Asia Frontier Fund.[7] Faber is credited for advising his clients to get out of the stock market before the October 1987 crash, and with in 2005-06 writing extensively about an impending crash of home prices, prior to the 2007–2008 financial crisis. In 2017 he was criticized for racist remarks.

  1. ^ a b "Faber, Marc" in Who's Who of the Asian Pacific Rim, Volume 6, pg. 105. Published by Barons Who's Who, 1998.
  2. ^ "'Dr. Doom', Marc Faber, removed from more boards after comments on race". 20 October 2017 – via www.reuters.com.
  3. ^ ""A Major Stock Market Correction Is Coming: Dr. Doom Marc Faber"".
  4. ^ Tiku, Nitasha. "Marc 'Dr. Doom' Faber Doesn't Think $1,500 an Ounce Means There's a Gold Bubble". Intelligencer.
  5. ^ [1] Archived October 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Jessica Pressler and Bess Levin. (31 October 2008). "The Fearmongers of Finance". Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  7. ^ "Asia Frontier Capital Ltd. is a fund management company managing equities in Asian frontier countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Iraq, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Vietnam - Shareholders". Asiafrontiercapital.com. Retrieved 6 March 2015.