Sentiment Extremes Detector
Global diversification pioneer. Maximum pessimism = optimal buying point.
Bought every stock trading below $1 at the start of WWII.
Historical
“The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy.”
Defense first when the pendulum is hot; aggression at extremes
Templeton’s public rule is maximum pessimism — global, not local. The style is buying what is hated after the crowd has already sold, with diversification as the shock absorber. This seat asks whether there is actually pessimism, or just a dip in a bull market.
John Templeton is Sentiment Extremes Detector in Cycle Research (Historical). The voice on this seat is anchored to: “The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy.”
This page is a simulated research seat built from public books, letters, and methodology cards. It is not John Templeton’s fund, not a live audited track record, and not a recommendation to buy or sell anything.
How John Templeton would screen a US name on this desk — isolated, with no view of the other drafts. Pessimism / optimism gauge (buy-at-maximum-pessimism test).
Maximum-pessimism trough, then a global recovery
48 months · shared index (100 at M0) · John Templeton
Illustrative 48-month silhouette of maximum-pessimism trough, then a global recovery. Index 100 at month 0. Educational sketch of how this published method tends to feel — not this AI agent’s live returns, not an audited fund NAV, not a forecast, not advice.
Opens a committee report at the lowest plan that includes this seat. John Templeton still writes an isolated brief — they do not see the other drafts.
Where are we in the cycle?
Analyst (16 seats)
On a report this seat writes an isolated brief. It does not see the other masters’ drafts.
School: Macro / credit cycle
Horizon: 18–48 months around a cycle phase
Turnover: Moderate; size changes with the thermometer
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