Meb Faber Research – Stock Market and Investing Blog

My company Cambria is looking to hire 2-4 people. Strong preference for kick ass candidates from anywhere in the US that believe in the Cambria story. Email us at info@cambriainvestments.com to apply. See below for description Investment Consultant (aka what industry calls a Internal or External Wholesaler) Responsibilities: Build, grow, and maintain advisor relationships by developing a thorough understanding of advisors needs and...

Thanks to our friends at Leuthold, here's a look at updated median valuations in the US stock market....green shoots! Large, mid, then small cap...    

-9%, 5%, -5%, -10%, 9% Those were the daily returns of the stock market last week. Enough to give most market participants an ulcer. The coronavirus is wrecking economies and overloading health care systems around the globe. Due to the uncertainty involved, one could easily make a case for two wildly different outcomes. The Bull Case: Following the dire experience of Italy,...

I remember preseason training for sports back in the day. After running wind sprint after wind sprint, most of us would be standing there, gasping with our hands on our knees, barely able to catch a breath. Coach would say, "This is why we run after practice. We train hard so that when we get to the regular season, it's easy....

Welcome to the third and final installment of our latest series. (Part I "Get Rich" and Part II "Stay Rich") In the first two pieces, we discussed strategies for generating riches and then preserving them. Our third and final piece today attempts to provide an illustration of how to combine these strategies in a real-world, real-time portfolio…my own. This is an extension of...

This is Part II in our series, Part I can be found here: The Get Rich Portfolio Welcome to the second installment of our new series on generating wealth, preserving it, and then looking at a real-world illustration of strategically implementing these concepts. In our first essay, we discussed generating riches through a high-paying career, investing in public and private markets,...

  If we allow ourselves to let go of appearances, we’re all here for one simple reason… More money. "More money" of course is always relative.  $100,000 in net worth places you in the global top 10%, but for many that would not last a hot minute.  $1,000,000 vaults you into the top 1%, but for some, only Tres Comas would suffice. ...

Today, we have good news and bad news. Well, not so much “bad” news, as sobering news. Of course, the silver lining of this is when you understand this sobering news and allow it to temper your investing expectations, you’re more likely to benefit from the good news. Enough vague introduction, let’s jump in with the good news. Most people invest in stocks....