I used to think value investing was simply about buying cheap local stocks and waiting for the market to react. That is, until I started studying Sir John Templeton. Born in 1912 in Winchester, Tennessee, this guy didn't just accumulate wealth; he practically rewrote the architecture of portfolio construction. When he launched the Templeton Growth Fund in 1954, the idea of a fund for retail investors buying global stocks was seen as almost ludic…
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I used to think value investing was simply about buying cheap local stocks and waiting for the market to react. That is, until I started studying Sir John Templeton. Born in 1912 in Winchester, Tennessee, this guy didn't just accumulate wealth; he practically rewrote the architecture of portfolio construction. When he launched the Templeton Growth Fund in 1954, the idea of a fund for retail investors buying global stocks was seen as almost ludic…