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"I am writing as a professional investor, one who has enjoyed a certain degree of success as an investment counselor over the past half-century and who wishes to share with others the lessons learned during this time." --Sir John Templeton

John Marks Templeton, regarded by Wall Street as one of the world's wisest investors, was the founder of the Templeton mutual fund group, which now manages more than $6 billion owned by more than 500,000 public investors. Called the "greatest stock picker of the century" by Money magazine, legendary fund manager Sir John Templeton is revered as one of the world's premiere value investors, widely known for pioneering global investing and outperforming the stock market over a five-decade span.