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Sat 07 Jul 2008Investment guru once dubbed the greatest global stock-picker
John Templeton:THE LEGENDARY American investment guru Sir John Templeton, who has died aged 95, was as renowned in his heyday as Warren Buffett is today, for his success in reading the world's stock markets.
The arch-contrarian, dubbed by Moneymagazine "the greatest global stock-picker of the century", was renowned for his most famous aphorism, "the time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy".
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