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Investing the Templeton Way: The Market-Beating Strategies of Value Investing's Legendary Bargain Hunter

by Lauren C. Templeton, Scott Phillips

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“To buy when others are despondently selling and to sell when others are avidly buying requires the greatest fortitude and pays the greatest ultimate rewards.”-Sir John Templeton

Called the “greatest stock picker of the century” by Money magazine, legendary fund manager Sir John Templeton is revered as one of the world's premiere value investors, widely known for pioneering global investing and out-performing the stock market over a five-decade span. Investing the Templeton Way provides a never-before-seen glimpse into Sir John's timeless principles and methods.

Beginning with a review of the methods behind Sir John's proven investment selection process, Investing the Templeton Way provides historical examples of his most successful trades and explains how today's investors can apply Sir John's winning approaches to their own portfolios. Detailing his most well-known principle investing at the point of maximum pessimism- this book outlines the techniques Sir John has used throughout his career to identify such points and capitalize on them.

Among the lessons to be learned:

  • Discover how to keep a cool head when other investors overreact to bad news
  • Become a bargain stock hunter like Sir John-buy the stocks emotional sellers wish to unload and sell them what they are desperate to buy
  • Search worldwide to expand your bargain inventory
  • Protect your portfolio from yourself through diversification
  • Rely on quantitative versus qualitative reasoning when it comes to selecting stocks
  • Adopt a virtuous investment strategy that will endure in all market conditions



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Average Customer Review:3.5 out of 5 stars
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3 out of 5 starsToo superficial, 2008-06-01
I bought this book hoping to learn more about how to invest in foreign stocks since Templeton was known for that. Unfortunately other than a few simple things like checking to make sure a government's debt is no more than 25% of GDP, there were very few specifics. The author presents a couple of examples where "Uncle John" took advantage of distrust in foreign markets (like investing in South Korea during the Asian financial crises) to make great investments, but doesn't go enough into enough detail to be of any real benefit to anybody.

The book is more about the very basics of being a value investor and the attitudes needed to be successful in investing (ie, don't follow the crowd, buy low P/E or low PEG stocks, diversification). But even that is presented in somewhat of a haphazard way compared to other books, such as Peter Lynch's books or some of the books about Warren Buffet. Chapter 6, "No Trouble TO Short The Bubble", is not much more than a recount of the tech wreck and an admonishment to people who bought tech stocks at high P/Es. The main points of the book could have been made in half the pages. Only the last chapter on China was interesting.

I gave three stars because this would be an ok book for a beginning investor, but for an intermediate or advanced investor this in not much more than a rah-rah book about value investing and is more like one or two stars.




1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1 out of 5 starsDon't buy this book; borrow it!, 2008-05-19
If you really want to read this book, borrow it from the library. It's not worth owning; frankly, it's not worth reading either.

It certainly does not compare to One Up on Wall Street or any of the offerings of Peter Lynch. The best part of this book is the foreword by John Templeton; however, there is truly nothing worth reading after that.

The style is engaging; the content is anemic. Sure, there are lots of anecdotes about the highly successful investing style of Sir John and his penurious predilection--nothing new there; his value investing style is well known and documented. There's nothing really valuable in the anecdotes that he provides. If what is written is novel, perhaps the ready shouldn't invest directly in common stock!

Overall, a disappointing book, but I am sure it was a nice present for Uncle John.


1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 starsA must read for every stock investor, 2008-05-12
The Templeton Way is possibly the best book on stock investing that I've ever read. Between this and One up on Wall Street, one will receive the insights need to invest in stocks successfully. One thing that sticks out to me is the simplicity of thought and wisdom that comes from the pages. If you are serious about strengthening your skills as an investor, this book is for you.


1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4 out of 5 starsInvesting the Templeton Way, 2008-05-04
Easy read about one of the man who looked beyond what others looked for when investing.


6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3 out of 5 starsNot much for the dough, 2008-04-20
My expectations out of this book got dashed. It has little to offer. I found it tough to take down even half a page of notings / learnings from this book. On an average the learnings for such a book run into multiple pages.
Narrative style is vague and book lacks continuity and core theme and details.




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