Here’s part three of our look at John Templeton’s memo from 1953 on how to keep clients happy, the latest addition to our Templeton Letters Series. 7) Each of us should keep in mind the strong psychological effect of repetition. Pointing out a good record once does not have nearly the effect of pointing out the same [...]
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The Templeton Letters: Keeping a Client Happy, Part 3
Posted in Business, Philosophy, Quotes, Templeton Letters, tagged financial planning, psychology, Templeton on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Templeton Letters: Keeping a Client Happy, Part 2
Posted in Business, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged financial planning, psychology, Templeton on May 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today, we’ll continue with our look at John Templeton’s memo from 1953 on how to keep clients happy. This is part two of what will probably be a four-part contribution to our Templeton Letters Series. 4. It is human to be subconsciously influenced by appearances. Those banks which inhabit marble palaces usually attract the most customers. This [...]
The Templeton Letters: Keeping a Client Happy
Posted in Business, Investing, Philosophy, Stocks, Templeton Letters, tagged financial planning, psychology, Templeton letters on May 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This next series of posts will be coming courtesy of a special reader request. A reader recently wrote to us with the following query: I have recently read an article written by Jonathan Davis on Monday April 19 2010 in the Financial Times, which referenced Sir John Templeton and a memo he wrote in December [...]
Lauren Templeton and Scott Phillips on Planned Investment, Part 2
Posted in Business, Finance, Investing, Stocks, Wall Street on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lauren Templeton and Scott Phillips, coauthors of Investing the Templeton Way, continue their analysis of John Templeton’s 1945 letter on planned investment. A recent article in their newsletter to investors highlights the importance of planned investment: Here’s an excerpt from the Maximum Pessimism Report (www.maximumpessimism.com): One year and +72.9% after the March 9, 2009 bottom, investors [...]
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 [...]
Templeton and the Laws of Life, Part 3
Posted in Business, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged giving, Joy, Learning, Templeton Plan on March 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As we explore the topic of morality and the markets in our spring blog contest, we will highlight John Templeton’s favorite “Laws of Life” as referenced in The Templeton Plan in our next few posts. Giving is a law of life. Successful people give and give still more; their giving is returned to them in full [...]
Templeton and the Laws of Life, Part 2
Posted in Business, Philosophy on March 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As we explore the topic of morality and the markets in our spring blog contest, we will highlight John Templeton’s favorite “Laws of Life” as referenced in The Templeton Plan in our next few posts. Enthusiasm is a law of life. To be a success you must work at a task with your whole heart. Enthusiasm [...]
Templeton and the Laws of Life
Posted in Business, Philosophy on March 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As we explore the topic of morality and the markets in our spring blog contest, we will highlight John Templeton’s favorite “Laws of Life” as referenced in The Templeton Plan in our next few posts. The world operates on spiritual principles, just as it does on the laws of physics and gravity. These principles, or laws, [...]
Lauren Templeton and Scott Phillips on John Templeton’s Economic Vices and Virtues, Part 4
Posted in Business, Crisis, Economy, Money on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lauren Templeton and Scott Phillips, coauthors of Investing the Templeton Way, will provide their analysis on John Templeton’s Buena Vista speech on the economic vices and virtues in upcoming posts. Please consider entering our contest on this topic for a chance to win $500. Finally, the U.S. economy also ranks high on Sir John’s virtue of [...]
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