Mark Mobius
Mark Mobius
Joseph Mark Mobiusis an emerging markets fund manager at Franklin Templeton Investments. Mark Mobius, Ph.D., executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, joined Templeton in 1987. Currently, he directs the Templeton research team based in 18 global emerging markets offices and manages emerging markets portfolios. In 2015, after leading the company for a quarter of a century, Mark Mobius decided to step down as the lead manager of the Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trustand handed over control of the fund...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth17 August 1936
CountryUnited States of America
Some people mistake his reticence to mean a lack of dynamism. He's been quiet because the spotlight has not been on him. I think Victor Li will surprise a lot of people with his ability.
Some people mistake his reticence to mean a lack of dynamism, ... He's been quiet because the spotlight has not been on him. I think Victor Li will surprise a lot of people with his ability.
People are getting inured to the whole terrorism thing,
The mere fact that me, an emerging markets person, says something about Internet and the market reacts the way it has is and indication that people are very jittery.
The secret to global investing is gaining an insight into the hopes and desires of the people who live and work in the countries you invest in.
We're very bullish on emerging markets right now because of valuations, ... Valuations are so reasonable it makes sense to put money in.
The worst risk would be the politicization of the citizens in Hong Kong, where they become active politically and begin to demonstrate and oppose policies on the mainland,
The Y2K problem frankly is going to be seen in the developed countries. The emerging markets are going to be in much better shape than the U.S., Japan or the European countries.
Both countries are equally attractive, it just really depends on which stocks you'd buy and what industry you're in.
Commodity prices are being supported by healthy demand from countries such as China and India, but one must remember that it remains a cycle. Currently it looks like the cycle remains in the 'stronger for longer' position and South African companies are taking advantage of this.
We feel Russia is at the start of a long development towards creating a more transparent functioning market economy.
There's no reason to sell, because earnings growth is keeping pace with share prices. We're in an amazing period of history for many of these markets.
We're not at the danger stage yet, but we are at danger of getting there - and history does repeat itself.
One of the problems in Latin America is that the growth rate in the economies has not been as fast as in Asia. The reason for that is the governments' policies.