In closing his letter about Planned Investment in 1945, John Templeton remarked that “investment planning may cause the invested funds to double.” Rather than advocating for a haphazard, short-term, shoot-from-the-hip mentality toward investing, Templeton advocates patience and perseverance. So how does one create an investment plan in today’s market? In a 1993 article in World Monitor, [...]
Archive for April, 2010
The Templeton Letters: Investment Success
Posted in Finance, Investing, Stock Market, Stocks, Templeton Letters, Wall Street on April 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Templeton Letters: The Value of Investment Planning
Posted in Finance, Investing, Money, Stock Market, Stocks, Templeton Letters on April 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In a 1945 letter to investors, John Templeton discusses the importance of planned investment. In this section of the letter, he details how one can balance his or her investments for a better payoff twenty years down the road. In simplest terms, the “balance” of the investment fund is shifted gradually step-by-step away from stocks [...]
The Templeton Letters: The Backbone of Personal Investment
Posted in Economy, Finance, Investing, Templeton Letters on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In a 1945 letter to investors, John Templeton discusses the importance of planned investment. In this section of the letter, he discusses how many people underestimate the strategy of an investment program, and he reminds us (even today) of the volatility of the market: Many people act as if the selection of particular stocks and [...]
We Have a Winner!
Posted in News, Philosophy, tagged contest, economic vice, economic virtue on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations are in order for the winner of our Economic Vices and Virtues Contest! The winning entry was submitted by a blogger named Paul Williams who runs a great site over at ProvidentPlan.com. If you’ll recall, in this contest we tasked entrants with reviewing John Templeton’s 5 Economic Vices and his 5 Economic Virtues and [...]
The Templeton Letters: The First-Time Investor
Posted in Economy, Investing, Templeton Letters on April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In a 1945 letter to investors, John Templeton discusses the importance of planned investment. Despite the letter being sixty-five years old, Templeton describes the first-time investor likely in the same way one would today: It is a continual source of surprise . . . when speaking for the first time with investors with whom we have [...]
The Templeton Letters: A New Feature on What Would John Templeton Say?
Posted in Templeton Letters on April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the coming months, we will feature selections from letters John Templeton wrote to his investment clients between 1940 and 1960. Though the letters are more than a half-century old, much of the wisdom and advice Templeton shares holds true for today’s investors. As the Dow reaches 11,000 and projections vary on how long the [...]
Link Roundup
Posted in News, tagged Links, Sir John quotes on April 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s link roundup time! Templeton’s Financial Chaos memo seems to have gone somewhat viral — we get daily Google Alerts, letting us know that it keeps popping up around the blogosphere. You’ll find a sampling of what people are saying in some of the links below. “Diversify risk, not assets” from Financial Standard “Sir John [...]
Scott Phillips and Lauren Templeton: John Templeton’s Advice for Self Assessment, Part 2
Posted in Business, Investing, Markets, Money, Philosophy, Quotes, Stock Market, Stocks, Wall Street on April 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Lauren Templeton and Scott Phillips, coauthors of Investing the Templeton Way, share their analysis of John Templeton’s advice for assessing one’s investing success. This is the second post on this topic; to read the first post, click here. The time to reflect on your own investing methods is when you are most successful, not when [...]
Lauren Templeton and Scott Phillips: John Templeton’s Advice for Self Assessment, Part 1
Posted in Business, Investing, Markets, Money, Philosophy, Quotes, Stock Market, Stocks, Wall Street on April 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Lauren Templeton and Scott Phillips, coauthors of Investing the Templeton Way, share their analysis of John Templeton’s advice for assessing one’s investing success. This is the second post on this topic; to read the first post, click here. The time to reflect on your own investing methods is when you are most successful, not when [...]
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