In an April 6, 2009, Wall Street Journal op ed titled “From Bubble to Depression,” Stephen Gjerstad and Vernon Smith argue that both The Great Depression and today’s recession were caused by enormous consumer debt, and most particularly mortgage debt. To quote: . . . the financial system has suffered a blow unlike anything since [...]
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John Templeton’s 2003 Prediction and Today’s Housing Market
Posted in Business, Crisis, Economy, Housing Market, Investing, Markets, Money, Recession, Uncategorized on April 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Be a Contrarian
Posted in Business, Economy, Finance, Investing, Markets, Money, Stock Market, Stocks, Uncategorized, Wall Street on March 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As we’ve highlighted in the last several weeks, one of John Templeton’s most successful investing strategies was to buy low and sell high. In Spiritual Investments: Wall Street Wisdom from the Career of Sir John Templeton, Gary Moore highlights this strategy of maximum pessimism: Every investor knows to buy low. But in actual practice, this [...]
Gary Moore on Buy Low, Sell High
Posted in Crisis, Economy, Finance, Investing, Markets, Money, News, Recession, Stock Market, Stocks, Uncategorized, Wall Street on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We asked a few of Sir John’s family members and friends to share their perspectives on Sir John’s rule of “Buy Low, Sell High.” Gary Moore, author of Faithful Finances and founder of Gary Moore and Company weighs in: One of the terribly important things to remember about Sir John’s seemingly optimistic opinion that stocks always [...]
Link Roundup
Posted in Uncategorized on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We aren’t the only ones looking to John Templeton for wisdom and perspective lately. Here’s a look at some other great articles that we’ve gathered from near and far: The American Spectator “What Would Sir John Say?” iStockAnalyst “John Templeton’s Plan for Surviving the Great Recession” The Motley Fool “3 Lessons from an Investing Master” Scotland on [...]
Buy Low, Sell High
Posted in Business, Crisis, Economy, Finance, Investing, Markets, Stock Market, Stocks, Uncategorized, Wall Street on March 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In February 1993, John Templeton contributed an article, “16 Rules for Investment Success (and for your family, house, tuition, retirement . . . )” in World Monitor. At the time this article was published, there were different world issues and economic challenges facing the country, but Templeton’s advice remains relevant today. In the last rule [...]
What Would John Templeton Say?
Posted in Business, Crisis, Economy, Finance, Investing, Markets, Money, News, Quotes, Recession, Stocks, Uncategorized, Wall Street on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In July 2008, John Marks Templeton, picked by Money magazine in 1999 as the “twentieth century’s greatest stock picker” died of pneumonia at the age of 95. However, he left a legacy in the investment world that will not soon be forgotten. As the United States and world face a shrinking economy, there is a great need [...]
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