To buy when others are despondently selling and to sell when others are avidly buying requires the greatest fortitude and pays the greatest ultimate rewards.

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Mark Mobius
Born in 1936 as a German American, died April 2026. Mark Mobius led emerging-market equity investing at Franklin Templeton for over 30 years and earned the title 'father of emerging-market investing.' He visited more than 40 countries a year, insisting on on-the-ground research, and fundamentally rewrote the conventional wisdom that international diversification meant developed markets only. A true pioneer of frontier markets.
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