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 »
Article from the Wilson College Bulletin on John Templeton
Posted in Business, Finance, Investing, Markets, Money, Stock Market, Stocks on March 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We recently unearthed this profile of John Templeton from the February 1960 edition of the Wilson College Bulletin. Investment Counselor: Like Doctor, Lawyer John M. Templeton, M.A. (law) Balliol College, Oxford, has been president of Templeton, Dobbrow & Vance, Inc. for twenty years. The firm’s three founders, Templeton, Dobbrow and Vance, were not law partners, however, as the [...]
Follow Up: Lauren Templeton and Scott Phillips Media Appearances
Posted in Investing, Stock Market, Wall Street, tagged Lauren Templeton, Maximum Pessimism, Scott Phillips on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week we posted a notice that some of our contributors, Lauren Templeton and Scott Phillips, would be making the media rounds. Not sure I can embed the players in WordPress, so I’ll post links below. Lauren and Scott really get into the practical side of value investing in these clips (as opposed to the more philosophical angle [...]
Lauren Templeton and Scott Phillips on The Principle of Maximum Pessimism, Part 2
Posted in Investing, Philanthropy, Stock Market, Stocks on August 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the last few weeks, we have featured interviews with John Templeton discussing the concept of maximum pessimism. This is the second and final part of Lauren Templeton and Scott Phillips discussion of maximum pessimism and its relationship to Templeton: Another way to consider this activity is in the terms of comparing near-term versus long-term prospects, in many cases [...]
Lauren Templeton and Scott Phillips on The Principle of Maximum Pessimism, Part 1
Posted in Investing, Philosophy, Stock Market, Stocks, Wall Street on August 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the last few weeks, we have featured interviews with John Templeton discussing the concept of maximum pessimism. Lauren Templeton and Scott Phillips discuss the principle of maximum pessimism and its relation to Templeton: The principle of maximum pessimism has the potential to be a puzzling concept to many casual observers. To begin, this investing maxim—at least on [...]
Templeton on Changing Times
Posted in Investing, Philosophy on July 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We continue highlighting points John Templeton made in an interview with Forbes magazine in 1995. The article concludes with Templeton’s perspective on how investing has and will change: “Progress is going to speed up, not slow down,” Templeton adds, “so in the long run people who invest in common stocks of well-managed companies will be [...]
Templeton on When to Sell
Posted in Investing, Philosophy, Stock Market, Stocks, Wall Street on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In our last post, we highlighted John Templeton’s maximum pessimism philosophy as he described it to Forbes magazine in 1995. Much of Templeton’s investing approach has to do with finding bargain stocks. In the 1995 article, Templeton discusses when to sell investments: Having beaten not just the market, but the markets, for so long, what [...]
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 [...]
Templeton’s Ability to Stay Calm
Posted in Investing, Philosophy, Stocks, Wall Street on July 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
John Templeton had an uncanny ability to invest without getting emotional, as William Green’s January 1999 article in Money magazine describes: When the U.S. market crashed in 1987, Templeton loaded up on stocks that had been slaughtered. “He doesn’t get carried away by the emotions of Wall Street,” says Jay Bradshaw, who ran Templeton’s trading desk. “He [...]
Templeton on Punctuality and Efficiency
Posted in Investing, Philosophy on July 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We continue posting excerpts from William Green’s January 1999 article in Money magazine on John Templeton. In the article, Green discusses the traits that made Templeton a successful investor. In addition to Templeton’s willingness to strike out on his own when picking investments and his thrifty mentality, he was very punctual and efficient: Templeton has similarly quirky notions [...]
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