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International Value Stocks Present Opportunity, Dividends Best Avoided: Meb Faber

The Contrarian Investor Podcast

Release Date: 06/10/2025

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Meb Faber of Cambria Investments joins the podcast to discuss the state of markets and the economy, the need to diversify internationally, and why dividends are not a good thing.

This podcast episoode was recorded Monday, June 2 and was made available to premium subscribers exclusively the following day. More membership on premium subscriptions is available here.

Content Highlights

  • What are Meb Faber’s view of the economy and markets? (1:34);

  • His most contrarian take: non-US stocks are a bargain. The outperformance of US equities versus international peers is due for reversal (3:37);

  • International value stocks are a particularly promising area (9:56);

  • Artificial intelligence (16:29);

  • Background on the guest (28:18);

  • Another contrarian take: dividends are overrated (33:59);

  • Tariffs: no cause for concern (39:57).

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