Mark Mobius Quotes

Germany, Businessman
August 17, 1936

Joseph Bernhard Mark Mobius (born August 17, 1936) is an emerging markets fund manager and founder of Mobius Capital Partners LLP. Dr Mobius was executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, having joined Templeton in 1987. At Templeton, he established and directed the research team based in 18 global emerging markets offices and managed emerging markets portfolios. In 2015, after leading the company for over a quarter of a century, Mark Mobius decided to step down as the lead manager of the Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEMIT) and handed over control of the fund to Carlos Hardenberg. In 2018, Franklin Templeton announced Mobius' retirement from Franklin Templeton effective January 31, 2018. In March 2018, Mobius announced the launch of Mobius Capital Partners, a fund management firm focusing on environmental, social and corporate governance investing in emerging and frontier markets.

If you ever want to eat a tuna sandwich again, don't go to a tuna factory. I visited one where they had two lines: one was the human food line and one was the cat food line - and they didn't look any different.

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- Different
- Food
- Cat
China and the U.S. have a very symbiotic relationship which will not decline any time soon. There are more shared interests as compared to shared differences and for this reason relations will continue to be good.

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- Time
- Good
- Relationship

Shareholder activism is not a privilege - it is a right and a responsibility. When we invest in a company, we own part of that company and we are partly responsible for how that company progresses. If we believe there is something going wrong with the company, then we, as shareholders, must become active and vocal.

Mark Mobius
- Believe
- Responsibility
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.

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- People
- Work
- Live
The safe time to invest is when there is blood in the streets.

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- Time
What goes down usually goes back up, if you're willing to be patient and don't hit the panic button.

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- Up
- Ifs
- Willing
The only way to consistently stay ahead of the game is to adopt a long-term view and, if appropriate, with a strong contrarian spin.

Mark Mobius
- Long
- Game
- Strong
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.

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When you consider the sheer magnitude of investable equities to choose from in the world's emerging markets, you realize that finding one that looks attractive enough to warrant investing your faith and assets in is as formidable a task as finding a needle in a haystack. Fortunately, researching investment opportunities is a lot more interesting than digging for needles in haystacks.

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Sometimes, when there's too much traffic clogging up the road you need to take a different route. But following the same path as everyone else can stall your progress in reaching your investment goals too.

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- Up
- Different
- Road
Although investors have been concerned with China's slowing growth rate, China remains one of the largest and fastest-growing economies in the world.

Mark Mobius
- World
- Growing
- Growth