Marc (the Swiss) is an investing legend...
his profile can be found at gloomboomdoom.com
it's pretty interesting..
he also has some awesome quotes like:
"Chew fresh Peruvian cocoa leaves, after 10 minutes take two ecstasy pills, after one hour smoke some Laotian hillside marrijuana, finish off with a bottle of Petrus."
and
"'Naturally, I have smoked a lot of marijuana, but for breakfast I prefer omelette of Balinese mushrooms."
Dr Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He went to school in Geneva and Zurich and finished high school with the Matura. He studied Economics at the University of Zurich and, at the age of 24, obtained a PhD in Economics magna cum laude.
Between 1970 and 1978, Dr Faber worked for White Weld & Company Limited in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong.
Since 1973, he has lived in Hong Kong. From 1978 to February 1990, he was the Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert (HK) Ltd. In June 1990, he set up his own business, MARC FABER LIMITED which acts as an investment advisor and fund manager.
Quote from Pekelo:
From common sense. I read his book, it made sense...
Also, since he is a Journalist a Peabody award just does it fine for him...Although I got the feeling we are talking about 2 different Fabers.
Did you mean him?:
"Marc Faber (aka Dr. Doom) is an investment analyst and entrepreneur born in Zürich, Switzerland.:"
If so:
"Faber is famous for advising his clients to get out of the stock market one week before the October 1987 crash."