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Archive for July, 2009

We continue our exploration of John Templeton’s twenty-one steps detailed in The Templeton Plan by reviewing Step 6: Finding the Positive with Every Negative. With the recession still holding strong, we will explore this step and provide some examples of why living a more optimistic life is beneficial. Throughout his life, John Templeton looked for [...]

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We continue our exploration of John Templeton’s twenty-one steps detailed in The Templeton Plan by reviewing Step 6: Finding the Positive with Every Negative. With the recession still holding strong (or is it?), we will explore this step and provide some examples of why living a more optimistic life is beneficial. Given the uncertain state [...]

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Link Roundup

Sir John’s name has been popping up in the news quite a bit lately, so we’re going to take a short break from our Templeton Plan posts to do another Link Roundup! “Using the Lottery Effect to Make People Save” Wall Street Journal “Value Investing: Following in The Footsteps of Sir John Templeton” Investment U and [...]

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We continue our exploration of John Templeton’s twenty-one steps detailed in The Templeton Plan by reviewing Step 6: Finding the Positive with Every Negative. With the recession still holding strong, we will explore this step and provide some examples of why living a more optimistic life is beneficial. John Templeton championed the idea of finding [...]

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We continue our exploration of John Templeton’s twenty-one steps detailed in The Templeton Plan by reviewing Step 6: Finding the Positive with Every Negative. With the recession still holding strong, we will explore this step and provide some examples of why living a more optimistic life is beneficial. Templeton describes four key points for finding the positive in every [...]

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We’ll wrap up our examination of Sir John’s advice to “Put First Things First” by offering his action plan for incorporating this important concept into your all areas of your life. List all the virtues that have special meaning for you. Rank them in order of importance in your life. Think of examples where you [...]

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Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the death of Sir John Templeton. What a year it has been and how we wish he was here to comment on these turbulent economic times. Some of the major economic events that have occurred since Sir John’s passing include: A housing crisis The fall of banking giants Lehman [...]

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In as series of two posts, Gary Moore reflects on the religious perspective John Templeton brought to the investing world and how it shaped his investing decisions. Similarly, Sir John utilized the Golden Rule as a guide to investing and life—he even wrote books about it. I can hear you protesting that the Golden Rule [...]

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In as series of two posts, Gary Moore reflects on the religious perspective John Templeton brought to the investing world and how it shaped his investing decisions. Sir John Templeton thought that belief was crucial to his success as a money manager, businessman, father, and so on. Thirty years ago, in its November 27, 1978 [...]

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