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The Secret of Peter Lynch’s Investing Success

If there is one legendary investor who not just beat the market but destroyed it, it is Peter Lynch.

Lynch ran Fidelity’s Magellan Fund in the US for 13 years, from 1977 to 1990. During this period, he beat the US stock market index S&P 500 in 11 years. His average annual return during this period stood at a mind-boggling 29%.

It means that every US$ 1 invested in his fund in 1977 grew to more than US$ 27 by 1990.

Fortunately for us, Lynch has laid down his secrets in two great books that every investor must own and read several times – One Up on Wall Street, and Beating the Street.

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John Templeton’s 16 Rules for Stock Market Success

“This time it’s different!”

How many times have you heard this from a stock market expert or from your friend who has made big money from stocks in a short time?

These words are commonly used in the stock markets to explain that stock prices can touch the sky, or touch the earth’s crust depending on whether they are rising or falling.

But if you were to listen to the legendary Sir John Templeton, these are four most dangerous words in investing – “This time it’s different.”

Apart from this, there are many other investing lessons that all investors can take from the experience of Sir John, who was the founder of the Franklin Templeton Group.

He has done well to distill his years of experience and expertise into the “16 Rules for Investment Success.”
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