In these attention-seeking times, investors should learn from Sir John Templeton

Successful investors must be patient, finding a balance between doing nothing and sudden, decisive action. And there's no better role model than Sir John Templeton.

Sir John Templeton
Sir John Templeton: contemplate, watch – but often do nothing
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The nature of journalism is that all we writers are competing for your attention. The result of this battle for clicks is that the news gets sensationalised.

In the case of financial journalists, it means we often find ourselves (or our headline writers) urging readers to “buy this now!” or “sell this now!”

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Dominic Frisby (“mercurially witty” – the Spectator) is as far as we know the world’s only financial writer and comedian. He is the author of the popular newsletter the Flying Frisby and is MoneyWeek’s main commentator on gold, commodities, currencies and cryptocurrencies. He has also taken several of his shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

His books are Daylight Robbery - How Tax Changed our Past and Will Shape our Future; Bitcoin: the Future of Money? and Life After the State - Why We Don't Need Government

Dominic was educated at St Paul's School, Manchester University and the Webber-Douglas Academy Of Dramatic Art. You can follow him on X @dominicfrisby