In October of 1987, the stock market took a tumble that left investors shell-shocked. In the wake of that meltdown, John Templeton appeared on a panel of experts on the television show Wall Street Week to share his insights on recent events. There are valuable lessons to be gleaned from this footage, so we’re very thankful to [...]
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New Video Links for Sir John Templeton on the 1987 Market Crash
Posted in Business, Crisis, Economy, Finance, Investing, Markets, Money, Recession, Stock Market, Stocks, Wall Street on June 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
John Templeton’s Signature Strategy: Maximum Pessimism
Posted in Business, Competition, Crisis, Economy, Finance, Investing, Stock Market, Stocks, Wall Street on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So far, this summer has proven that the U.S. economy is still extremely vulnerable. Housing sales and prices are still low, unemployment is high, and the stock market is volatile. John Templeton’s investing prowess is key to understanding that there are better days ahead. His principle strategy, maximum pessimism, should be embraced by economists and investors right [...]
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 [...]
What Would John Templeton NOT Say?
Posted in Crisis, Economy, Finance, Investing, Quotes, tagged books, financial history, Sir John quotes on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There was one particular phrase that Sir John Templeton regarded as supremely dangerous. He conditioned his own mind to resist entertaining this poisonous thought, and he always cautioned his fellow investors to do the same, lest they bring financial ruin upon themselves. So what was the offending sentence? “This time is different.” While perusing the [...]
A Year Later
Posted in Business, Crisis, Economy, Finance, Investing, Markets, Money, News, Philosophy, Quotes, Recession, Stock Market, Stocks, Wall Street on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Gary Moore on John Templeton’s Values (Part 2)
Posted in Business, Crisis, Economy, Finance, Investing, Markets, Philosophy, Recession, Stock Market, Stocks, Wall Street on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Gary Moore on John Templeton’s Values (Part 1)
Posted in Business, Crisis, Economy, Finance, Investing, Markets, Money, Philosophy, Recession, Stock Market, Stocks on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Controlled Thinking in Business
Posted in Auto Industry, Business, Crisis, Economy, News, Recession, Templeton Plan on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To better understand the financial wisdom of John Templeton, we are discussing some of his twenty-one steps detailed in The Templeton Plan and pairing them with financial news. We are currently discussing Step 14: Controlling Your Thoughts for Effective Action. To relate the step, “Controlling Your Thoughts for Effective Action,” to today’s news, one only [...]
Extraordinary Popular Delusions
Posted in Business, Crisis, Economy, Finance, Investing, Markets, Money, Neuroeconomics, Recession, Stock Market, Stocks, Wall Street on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of John Templeton’s favorite books was Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, written in 1841. He remarks that Charles Mackay’s book can teach us “some important lessons that apply to investor behavior today.” In 1989, Templeton penned a new foreword for the book, applying its lessons to today’s investment world: Although he wrote [...]
The Crash of 1987, Part 2
Posted in Business, Crisis, Economy, Investing, Markets, Money, Stock Market, Stocks, Wall Street on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A few months ago, we posted the first two clips from John Templeton’s apperance on Wall Street Week after the 1987 stock market crash. Today we are posting two new parts of the interview. Again, we’re very thankful to our friends at Maryland Public Television for allowing us to repost excerpts here.
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