Marc Faber has been a gold bull for a long time. In January, he told Maria Bartiromo that she was "in great danger" because she didn't own any gold, and on Aug. 8 he argued that "gold is relatively cheap."
With the metal up some 20 percent from its June low, however, the editor and publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report is changing his tune.
"The sentiment on gold has recovered," Faber said on Tuesday's "Futures Now" show. "It is relatively bullish."
After all, "we had a big rally in gold already," he said. "I think we will ease back a little bit."
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Instead of gold, Faber recommends considering another classic safe haven: Treasurys.
"I think the sentiment is incredibly bearish about Treasury bonds and Treasury notes," he said. If the market drops, "people will again fear deflation, and they will move into 10-year Treasury notes."
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