Templeton Asset Management’s Mark Mobius says he expects commodity prices to continue to rise, both because he thinks the Federal Reserve will continue to pump more money into the economy, and because of growing demand in emerging market economies. Mobius also says he thinks Chinese growth will remain solid, and discusses why he thinks the [...]
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Mobius Sees Opportunity In Smaller Emerging Markets
September 9, 2011
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While emerging markets like Brazil, China, and India get a lot of the attention, Templeton Asset Management’s Mark Mobius says smaller areas like Thailand, Indonesia, Chile, Poland, Romania, and Turkey are also intriguing areas right now. Mobius, who remains interested in the larger emerging areas as well, tells Yahoo!Finance’s Breakout that contrary to what some [...]
Read moreMobius: EMs Offer Safety — If You Diversify
August 29, 2011
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Templeton Asset Management’s Mark Mobius continues to say that emerging markets should be a safe haven for investors, but he stresses that a diversified approach to EMs is key. “A whole picture globally is that emerging markets will be the safest play,” Mobius tells The Economic Times. “Why? Because they are growing at three times [...]
Read moreMobius: EMs Safer than Treasuries, Dollar
July 29, 2011
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Templeton Asset Management’s Mark Mobius says the U.S.’s debt issues have made emerging markets a safer bet than U.S. Treasuries and the dollar, and says he doesn’t think another global recession is coming anytime soon. “The debt crisis in the U.S. and Western Europe puts emerging markets in a very strong position because their debt [...]
Read moreMobius Looks to Consumer, Commodity Stocks
June 7, 2011
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Templeton Asset Management’s Mark Mobius says he’s high on consumer and commodity stocks because they can survive another financial crisis — which he says is inevitable because the causes of the 2008 crisis haven’t been addressed. “The problem in talking about another crisis is that no one knows when it will happen,” he says. “It [...]
Read moreMobius Sees Derivatives Leading to Another Crisis
May 31, 2011
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Templeton Asset Management’s Mark Mobius says the continuing use and growth of derivatives in financial markets is going to lead to another financial crisis. “There is definitely going to be another financial crisis around the corner because we haven’t solved any of the things that caused the previous crisis,” Mobius says, according to Bloomberg. “Are [...]
Read moreMobius Still Likes Brazil
May 12, 2011
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Templeton Asset Management’s Mark Mobius says Brazil is continuing its solid recovery from the global recession, and remains an attractive place to invest. In a piece written for the U.K.’s Citywire, Mobius detailed a recent trip to Brazil during which he examined several businesses. “These visits and others we recently made in Brazil indicate a [...]
Read moreMobius Sees Opportunities in Middle East
April 22, 2011
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While the turmoil in the Middle East has spooked many investors, Templeton Asset Management’s Mark Mobius sees it as a positive over the long haul. “My outlook is very positive because I see these political changes result in more open societies, more dialogue and therefore better environment for markets including stocks and bonds,” Mobius says, [...]
Read moreMobius on How to Invest in China
March 29, 2011
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Templeton Asset Management’s Mark Mobius says that he’s still high on Chinese stocks, but that — as in any market — good stock-picking and a disciplined approach are key to making money in that part of the world. “I have heard queries from baffled investors about past underperformance of the Chinese stock market despite the [...]
Read moreMobius Envisions the Next Decade
March 14, 2011
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Templeton Asset Management’s Mark Mobius says he remains high on the “BRIC” countries — Brazil, Russia, India, and China — and says the Euro and Chinese Renminbi will likely play a greater role in world markets over the next decade. “I believe the Bric (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries will continue to do quite [...]
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