Finance, Investing, Stock Market, Stocks, Templeton Letters, Uncategorized, Wall Street
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...
Finance, Investing, Money, Stock Market, Stocks, Templeton Letters, Uncategorized
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...
Economy, Finance, Investing, Templeton Letters, Uncategorized
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...
News, Philosophy, Uncategorized
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...
Economy, Investing, Templeton Letters, Uncategorized
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 . . ....
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