Marc Faber has an informal rule never to spend more than 10 days in a country before rushing to the next one. In addition to lots of frequent-flyer miles, this gives him the chance to see firsthand how lots of the world is doing.
So how's it doing?
Better than the U.S., says Faber, the editor of the The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report.
In the U.S. we have a "structural unemployment" problem. We have a debt problem. We have an economy-propped-up-by-frantic-government-spending problem. And, by in large, while the rich get richer, the middle class does not benefit, especially during the boom days earlier this decade.
The rest of the world has problems, too, of course, Faber says, but they're not as bad as ours. He's observed businesses in emerging markets in Asia are less vulnerable to market fluctuations because they tend to be cash rich, and therefore less reliant on debt and leverage. He also says there's a hunger and competition, in countries like China and India, that's missing in the U.S.
So go ahead and enjoy the "v-shaped" recovery while it lasts, says Faber, who has already fled to Hong Kong.
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