March 23 (Bloomberg) -- Templeton Asset Management Ltd.âs Mark Mobius said the next âbull-marketâ rally in developing- nation equities has begun as stocks surged from Shanghai to Moscow on the U.S. Treasuryâs plan to revive the banking system. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index climbed the most in more than two weeks, erasing losses for 2009, on U.S. plans to buy as much as $1 trillion of toxic assets. Chinaâs Shanghai Composite Index rose for a sixth day, the longest winning stretch in more than 17 months, as the government encouraged mergers in the auto and steel industries. Russiaâs Micex jumped 4.9 percent after Citigroup Inc. said the stocks are âdirt cheap.â âYou have to be careful not to miss the opportunity,â Mobius, who helps oversee about $20 billion of emerging-market assets as executive chairman at San Mateo, California-based Templeton, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television today. âWith all the negative news, there is a tendency to hold back.â The 72-year old investor, voted among the âTop Ten Money Managers of the 20th Centuryâ by the Carson Group, said there are bargains in every emerging market after the MSCI benchmark fell 57 percent from its October 2007 peak on concern the global economy will contract for the first time since World War II. The global benchmark climbed 3.8 percent at 1:49 p.m. in London, putting the index on course for a 2009 gain for the first time since Jan. 9. âCash Richâ Bargains Templeton is looking for companies that are âcash-rich,â have low debt and higher dividend yields, or those that can invest for future growth yet have cash left to pay shareholders, Mobius said. He cited Hong Kongâs Denway Motors Ltd., PTT Plc in Thailand, Indonesiaâs Bank Central Asia, ICICI Bank Ltd. in India, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd. in Singapore. âYou are going to see a lot of bouncing off the bottom because thereâs a tremendous amount of uncertainty in the market,â Mobius said. âBut I have a feeling weâre at the bottom and now weâre building a base for the next bull market.â Mobius correctly predicted in December that emerging markets will rebound before developed nations. In 2006, he was named one of the âTop 100 Most Powerful and Influential Peopleâ by Asiamoney magazine. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aykWeSWzvFsA&refer=home
Van Agtmael Sees Emerging Markets Exiting Crisis First: Video March 23 (Bloomberg) -- Antoine van Agtmael, who oversees about $8.6 billion as chief investment officer of Emerging Markets Management LLC, talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu and Deirdre Bolton about the outlook for emerging markets. Van Agtmael, who is credited with coining the term "emerging markets," also discusses his investment strategy in emerging-market equities and the outlook for the Chinese economy. (Source: Bloomberg) 00:00 "Worst" is behind for emerging-market stocks 01:30 China's economy; stocks "cheaper" than ever http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a7XCMjj2WXsM http://www.bloomberg.com/avp/avp.htm?clipSRC=mms://media2.bloomberg.com/cache/vPvwtgeGg6Zs.asf