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Peter J. Cooper's Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Veteran contrarian commentator Dr. Marc Faber maintains that physical gold should be held outside the United States and is also now recommending junior gold exploration stocks. This is one of the best short commentaries on the state of US capital markets I have seen in ages. He sees a ‘very strong rebound’ for gold explorers [...]
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Luxurylaunches.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fireplaces are so gorgeous; to me, winter or a romantic evening doesn't seem complete without them. Be it opening Christmas presents or enjoying Valentine's Day, a fireplace just adds to the atmosphere. But, we know cleaning one and setting up a fire can give headaches. So if you want to avoid the hassle, but not the fireplace then Faber has the most ideal electric Fireplace SP6. The minimalist...
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Peter J. Cooper's Weblog (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Celebrated contrarian investment advisor Dr Marc Faber told Bloomberg television this weekend that he was buying gold exploration stocks as well as gold producers because prices were ridiculously cheap. Dr. Faber wrote the book ‘Tomorrow’s Gold’ earlier in this decade and has long been a holder of physical gold as a hedge against inflation and a [...]
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Inventor Spot (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Faber Finds is an independent publishing house that aims to "restore to print for future generations a wealth of lost classics". By ordering from them, you will ensure that the literary fanatic in your family doesn't get duplicate gifts under the tree this holiday season.
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Credit Writedowns (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Marc Faber is a hard money, old school investor who thinks that the U.S. government is going to reflate in order to avoid depression and that means gold. But, for those of you who don't know economic history, the fact is that this has been tried before, in the Great Depression in the 1930s and the result was that the government had to confiscate Americans' gold. It was Executive Order 6102 signed...
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Front Free Endpaper (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
I'm sure I'm very behind the curve in discovering only now that Faber & Faber have a Flickr presence and some very wondeful photosets. Among which is a fascinating small set of catalogues and other ephemeral images including these two Christmas cards designed for the company by Barnett Freedman, one of my favourite "dust-jackets artists". I fear these are exactly the kind of items which...
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THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Rich Faber is a good guy — he and John Gallagher put together the More Fund books for CBLDF, and Drawing Strength, the Hurricane Katrina benefit book. I received a letter from him yesterday with the news that his wife Traci is battling battling Stage 4 metastatic melanoma. On his blog he goes into the [...]
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PopCultureShock (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Rich Faber is a comics creator who had work with DC in the 90’s, but these days is better known for his work on the indy superhero series Buzzboy with John Gallagher. I went to college with him in the early 90s and I remember when he started getting work as an inker on Steel [...]
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Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Johanna Draper Carlson passes on this post from artist Rich Faber, whose wife is fighting cancer. They’re facing some hefty medical bills, and Rich is selling some artwork to help raise money: Here’s what I have in mind: I have a backlog of 15 years worth of comic book art that I’d like to make available [...]
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The LRC Blog (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... errors is like if you have a criminal and you support him rather than to put him in jail.~ Marc Faber, Bloomberg TV, November 25, 2008
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Comics Worth Reading (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Rich Faber’s a good guy. I first met him ages ago, back in the 90s, when he wanted a copy of a sketch Chris Sprouse did for me, to practice his inking. He’s kept at it, working on Roboy Red and Buzzboy, as well as a lot of other stuff. Sadly, in August, his wife [...]
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Chris Grande (Free subscription) | yesterday
You know that if Marc Faber, Jim Rogers, Bill Fleckenstein, or the like show up on TV, I am going to make sure you see it. Here’s Marc Faber in his usual good form. Great quote from the video: “In my opinion to do nothing would be the best option…
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Bearwatch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Marc Faber, on Bloomberg : " US stocks will rally further he maintains, at least for a short while. In January to March next year you must get out as the economy will implode." And he's a gold bug again - and says hold it outside the US, as many have long recommended.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
... been on the verge of spotting them yourself.Sergei Prokofiev's Diaries 1915-23: Behind the Mask (Faber & Faber, £30) confirm the strong impression created by the first volume. If he had never written a note, Prokofiev's record of musical life before, during and after the paroxysms of the Russian Revolution would still make irresistible reading. The prose in Anthony Phillips's translation...
