Peter Lynch: How to Achieve a 30% Return Per Year

Peter Lynch talks about the investment strategies he used to achieve a 30% annual return in the stock market.
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[@tanneroz5752]

Timeless speech with old fashioned common sense. My key take aways and favorite quotes from the speech are below: If you can’t explain to a 10-year old in two minutes or less why you own a stock, you should not own it. You cannot time the market. Stocks are not lottery tickets. There is a company behind very one of them. You do not need to rush to make money on stocks, you do need an edge. People are underestimating their insight into industries and products they understand, but they tend to invest into company and industries they do not understand on a whim. The stock does not know you own it. Do not get emotionally attached to a stock or company. Avoid long shot bets. There is always something to worry about.

[@InvestorCenter]

Great take aways and thank you for watching!

[@platoscavealum902]

👍

[@sreekrish2628]

Thank you

[@samman5395]

“If you couldn’t explain to a ten year old why you own a stock, you shouldn’t own it”

[@InvestorCenter]

Definitely!!!

[@nobodymister5435]

I disagree completely. The only one I need to be able to explain it is myself.

[@vernandoongtiera3305]

@@nobodymister5435 explain not convince

[@nobodymister5435]

@@vernandoongtiera3305 ??

[@ferstadthagen]

@@nobodymister5435 if you can explain it to yourself you can explain it to everyone

[@mohammedsaqib7601]

19:20 When a man like Peter Lynch is speaking, you don't say the time is up. Let him speak!

[@helenoliver4838]

When the market goes down then it's buying opportunity. If the market goes up then you are making money. If you stay invested and ignore the market's ups and downs, you'll make a lot of money in the long run; however, a severe market correction causes a lot of margin calls and sell-offs, driving the market even lower. currently, I'm up 13% in my diversified portfolio. As crazy as it sounds some still make enormous returns from this seemingly unknown market. gotta be greedy when others are fearful

[@dannyvera8475]

exactly what I'm personally planning on doing now the market is down, but I have no idea about stocks to buy or what assets that would yield the highest potential and so on. Your portfolio is freaking awesome, you seem to be doing well yourself. how do you select stocks you invest in?

[@helenoliver4838]

@@dannyvera8475 I have my portfolio very well-diversified, though I did it using trad signals from a US regulated broker *PRISCILLA DIANE AIVAZIAN* financial analyst and CNBC contributor and it's been a huge relief. Good earnings and little to no engagement at all on my part. Her stock picks are top-notch, I don't worry about market trends anymore because she's quite the genius in trading and portfolio diversification

[@dannyvera8475]

@@helenoliver4838 Do you mean copying her trades as it's been done in Etoro? Do you just give out your funds or copy them manually?

[@helenoliver4838]

@@dannyvera8475 Yeah but I don't give out funds here, It stays right in my account. My account only mirrors her trades in real-time that's ideal for this system. Copy trading is 100% secured and very transparent to work with her, you don't have to send any funds over. you have control over your funds and can opt-out anytime you want just like in Etoro. Check out her name online and get in touch if you need help with this insane market. It's only a recommendation though

[@georgecooper8750]

I'm MUCH more interested in buying stocks now that they are cheap. You can't just sit on cash waiting for the market to drop 10% before you start buying. The best strategy is to start buying in slowly and then gradually increase the pace of buying as the prices continue to drop. Cash isn't king at all in this era

[@CoolCalmAnddConscious]

“Stocks are not lottery tickets. There is a company behind every stock..” 💯

[@InvestorCenter]

💯

[@tkeleth2931]

GME would like to have a word with you

[@juju10683]

Exactly lol this is not exactly true

[@Hotobu]

Sir, this is a casino.

[@brkbtjunkie]

Buying nvidia at 43 was kinda like a lottery ticket!

[@nishantnath602]

The clearest,candid and simple approch is just exceptional.Thank you.

[@djpuplex]

Lynch looks like he should be helping Marty MCFly get back to 1985.

[@hotdog7988]

He's settled down now that he has found the Flux Capacitor.

[@ageresequituresse]

What a sophisticated observation!

[@selinagooglethestvekstrate8102]

Very educative tutorial with well detailed information I appreciate, *The Semyon Tchernenko Strategy* was the only way i was able to get results. You can Google it

[@NezD]

I hope he told Marty to buy stocks in Nike

[@girshin]

He looks like the FBI agent from twin peaks

[@candyfloss184]

This video is gold too.

[@InvestorCenter]

Definitely!!!

[@mehulahire7819]

I must have watched this video 200 times but every time I watch it I learn something new!!

[@feelinghome6080]

I love this guy, Mr Peter Lynch. Successful person and also funny when giving example. I will follow his advice! Thanks a lot for sharing with us!

[@InvestorCenter]

Glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate the kind words and support!

[@userness7]

Hope he didn't hold Fanie and Freddy through 2008 😂

[@weggro]

I love watching Peter lynch. He simplifies everything.

[@minimalisthealth]

Never thought I'd see someone discussing investment have a crowd in splits!

[@jubjub13483]

Such wise words! People need to listen to this guy more, last year a travel agent dropped from 5 pounds a share to 3p because was going bankrupt and lots of people piled into it hoping would go up and i stayed away. 1 week later they did go into adminstration and no one brought the company out and all those people putting money in lost everything.

[@krishnateja7728]

I'm just blown away by the wisdom he crunched in 25mins. Thanks for uploading.

[@InvestorCenter]

I’m glad you found it interesting. Thank you for watching!

[@oneswiftguy]

I am a new stock trader that has been relatively successful. Watching this just brought it all together for me. Thanks for posting this.

[@scarsofzsasz]

Everyone is successful in a bull market. These kinds of lessons and discipline will help you make money in bear or sideways market when other traders are losing. Keep reading and learning and applying lessons and you'll do great. Best of luck.

[@mintymus]

Will be curious about your “success” in a year from now :)

[@lu.ng999]

Everyone is a genius in bull market :)))

[@patrickf2671]

Full of good old fashioned common sense .

[@sungdvd]

We need a Peter Lynch reaction video to wallstreetbets

[@tomlxyz]

What should he say? Wallstreetbets has nothing to do with investing

[@gordongordon98]

No we really don’t need that

[@14n1clothing4]

@@tomlxyz thats just it people gotta understand the diff between growth investing, value investing, swing trading, and intraday trading

[@bluekeybo]

This comment aged like fine wine

[@fedcoin1602]

@@14n1clothing4 gambling at a race track isn’t investing and yet their are people who make a living at it. People gotta understand the difference between speculating and investing.

[@platoscavealum902]

👍 Great presentation. ❤️ I love Peter Lynch.

[@minimalisthealth]

At around 7:50, What did he say are good indicators for hotel stocks and chemical stocks? I didn't quite understand.

[@chillones9574]

Every 2-3 years I come back and watch a Peter Lynch video. He above any advisor I ever had, Know your company and pay attention if they start too lose market share like toy-r-us, sears, k-mart, blockbuster, etc. I love my at&t but if they didn't figure out how to get out the debt of digit video I would have sold it all. PAY attention but do not fear daily.

[@mrhacker5476]

4:05 this is just GOLD love it.

[@mbg9650]

Price is what you pay, value is what you get.

[@InvestorCenter]

Exactly!

[@MyDreamside]

i dont know how it was athe old days but if a company is very easy to understand then it is pretty easy to value and easily to priced leaving few returns on the table.

[@akasnani3464]

Yes, investing is simple, investors make it complex. Read his books and you will find bare minimum use of complex technical terms

[@InvestorCenter]

Definitely!

[@yeahso5004]

which book?

[@amitkharel1822]

@@yeahso5004 intelligence investor by gram

[@akasnani3464]

@@yeahso5004 Peter Lynch

[@lu.ng999]

@@yeahso5004 one up on wall street by Peter Lynch

[@vrushabhborhade]

Correction is just an euphemism for losing a lot of money. What a great quote 😂😂😂

[@InvestorCenter]

That is one of my all time favorites 😂

[@StuffOffYouStuff]

Great post. He boils it down to what it is, much simpler than people think. There's so much god damn fluff in the industry.

[@sparcx86channel42]

I'm doing more or less what he says, I can't beat the market like him but I'm certainly not losing money.

[@InvestorCenter]

Good job!

[@thedoctorroth]

love your channel but if possible you should put the date these were recorded

[@tymurmylosvietov4120]

Cool guy! Great investor! Amazing teacher! Peter Lynch 👍

[@TheMartinBalboa]

This Video is pure Money.

[@shaggy100]

Guru is Guru !! What a talk !!

[@cezarioabrantes5476]

Anyone know which year has it been recorded?

[@Crypto_Alpha_786]

Fantastic !!

[@InvestorCenter]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@andrerothweiler9191]

This sucker going up, lol so true for me at the beginning

[@InvestorCenter]

😂

[@SuperAmazingNoob]

TESLA CALLS go BRRRRRR

[@persieprince9345]

Im not goona lie that's me buying nio 😂

[@InvestorCenter]

@@persieprince9345 whoops haha

[@Evanrholloway]

Guilty lol

[@michaelwoods4495]

I'm curious--has anyone worked out the statistics on this: Given the number of fund managers, what's the chance that one would do what Peter Lynch did? In other words, how much was he just the one who got lucky of thousands in the industry?

[@stefanod7804]

Congrats

[@jimtwisted1984]

When was this recorded?

[@saasda6255]

And the information is just as true if not more as anyone can invest

[@suburbancommandos7888]

Anyone else watching this in 1986?

[@InvestorCenter]

🤫

[@chrisf1600]

Trying to, but the download takes like 12 hours and my modem keeps dropping

[@BeyonKasual]

I want to but still waiting with Doc and Marty for the perfect weather.😂

[@ndon85]

lol

[@michellew.3691]

KZbinr-Decision making: Take an hour long video - split it up and make 100 videos out of it is a good way to make daily videos 😂👍

[@melvin16]

Awesome speech 👌

[@Restdayrefresh]

Soo what’s the practical step by step to accomplish 30%?

[@The_North_Star_of_Wall_Street]

very interesting. Intrinsic value.... I started a channel to inform my friends. They own stocks because it's going up lol.

[@kiranvrao9714]

Thank you

[@Ralph-Hurley]

I've listened to this more than once. Peter Lynch not only was a great investor, l think he also could have made it as a comedian. Lol

[@coolshoos]

When was this?

[@CostcoMembers]

Why? If you want to think like a VC. Then it's TAM and growth.

[@craigbuckley7603]

He is right i play video games so I bought Activision blizzard because I love playing call of duty and I am up over 200% great advice

[@InvestorCenter]

Great pick!

[@jcarrandson]

That's a great return (well played) but if you bought just because you love playing Call of Duty you might as well have chucked that money on red or black at the roulette table. To succeed long term you need to completely understand the company and their financials before making decisions.

[@craigbuckley7603]

@@jcarrandson I know that more and more people where playing the game and it was getting better and bigger

[@betterhomesnc2437]

I did too, something like 8 years ago.

[@askmeificare5557]

@@jcarrandson Gaming is a rapidly rising industry, and as a large corporate publisher, Activision is going nowhere anytime soon. I think it's a pretty solid investment.

[@prashanthkoundinya8385]

Its at 3, how much lower can it go

[@InvestorCenter]

My favorite quote from this video

[@minimalisthealth]

I'll explain but do you have a pen and paper at hand?

[@prashanthkoundinya8385]

@@minimalisthealth I'll explain it better, do you have a pen and paper on hand

[@tannerstull6490]

They blame the institution, that's garbage. I love that quote

[@pnatgrendy]

This is a great speech but there is a problem withte title which claims you can acheive a 30% return each year. However, in his speech PL says not to try to beat the market it can't be done. Well 30% ewch year is definitely beating the market.

[@jcarrandson]

He was saying timing the market can't be done, not beating the market. He wouldn't be up there doing a speech if he couldn't beat the market.

[@rksharma10911]

nice

[@joezhang839]

what year was this???

[@BlunderMunchkin]

1993

[@andersondorcin]

23:32 "Laterally Challenged"

[@sylphsh]

Don’t get too attached to a stock! Sell it and say goodbye to it if it deteriorates, it the fundamentals slip. The stock does not know you own it.

[@StorminNorvin]

Wisdom that is still true today and will still be true in the future.

[@user-ul1ku1ds9d]

Freddie and Fannie went belly up in 2008. Wonder what his position looked like prior to those two imploding. Plus they were the primary mortgage lender, the largest is held mortgages in the US.

[@bmccook14]

20:51 Third guy to the right. Is that the My Pillow guy? LOL

[@vigneshsoap123]

@4.10: Was he talking about Apple ;)

[@markrobert6817]

Fictitious chip co maybe

[@DakshMore23]

Wow! What year was this? 1995?

[@hokuspokus8947]

Brilliant!

[@Brettdyt]

Buy Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stock... that part didn't age well.

[@quartytypo]

Watch out! If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't.

[@franki01mail]

Better than stand-ups today

[@PAUL-uz9lq]

Fannie Mae ? Is Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) = Fannie Mae, his largest Position???

[@ancientkid1635]

42%

[@InvestorCenter]

👍🏻

[@cosaovidiu2838]

The original stock related jokes comedy king 👑 🤓 laterally challenged killed me 😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣

[@grahamcrawford4203]

Ravishing Rich Rude

[@Will-oj3un]

Peter Lynch: Why do you own TSLA? Me: Because Elon is daddy.

[@ethanp5215]

Degenerate

[@peters972]

Really? Say hi.

[@Willyama]

This is an awesome comment, thank you

[@treedoor]

Buy what you know. Even better, buy what you own.

[@InvestorCenter]

Definitely!

[@monealiza7553]

not always possible.

[@chrisf1600]

Huh ? Why would you buy what you already own ?

[@hung-upear2659]

@@chrisf1600 Imagine that you liked Coca-Cola. Every week after getting pocket money, you go to the store with friends... and buy Coca-Cola. If you and ur friends favoured Coca-Cola over any other sodas, then there's big chance others like it too, which means profit for the company, which could be used to developing the company even more.

[@Yeshua_is_king_2024]

Dumb advice if you want 2-3 return average for your whole life. Buy what the future will own if you want big returns.

[@cz1always608]

What about something that he spoke about in 2021

[@ziggytonumaa]

watch that man, he is bright

[@InvestorCenter]

Yes he is!

[@kuldeepmore99]

Gold content ❤️

[@InvestorCenter]

👍🏻

[@JC-cr5ty]

Stonks only go up.

[@purpleguactheater608]

Mann...stand up genius.

[@chrisf1600]

@4:04 - ignore "crap" like that in 2010 and you'd probably have missed out on Nvidia or AMD. Not saying you can't get rich with McDonalds or Dunkin' Donuts, but if you narrow your opportunity set by ignoring things you're not expert in ... hmmm.

[@InvestorCenter]

For every Nvidia there was plenty of companies and investments that didn’t work it. As an investor, it’s so important to stay within your circle of competence.

[@sloppyjoehillups]

Those were best in breed though

[@jcarrandson]

@@InvestorCenter 100% agree. If you don't understand the company or industry, it's not worth the risk.

[@BosonCollider]

Sure, but if you're an old investor trying to get into tech, there's the risk you'll end up putting money in IBM instead of Nvidia or AMD. There's already quite an element of knowledge here, and it ties into Lynchs point about domain specific knowledge.

[@bluegtturbo]

This is gold

[@florin9868]

great great wise man

[@indexplus]

The sucker's going up has been working for most tech stocks

[@jacobday3826]

That's what they said in 2000. Warren Buffet was called an idiot because he didn't try to make a quick buck during the Tech Wreck...

[@Kevin-qn2kw]

Until it doesn't.

[@marcs8395]

Lynch,buffet and munger all have the same advice do researching hold the stock. don't buy cause its going up it takes time to make money also don't diversify you can lots with 3 stocks

[@betterhomesnc2437]

Buffet holds like 20 stocks, owns multiple businesses, and large real estate holdings. That is diversity.

[@zonk1477]

How old is this video? Because what happening then looks like it is happening again now?

[@volakola9495]

stock he mentioned todays price is 1.87 $ .... nothing lasts forever . only warren buffet has managed success for long time .

[@InvestorCenter]

Maintaining success in the stock market over an extended period of time is nearly impossible

[@markrobert6817]

Fnma, fell from 90 to .2c. Unique situation

[@askmeificare5557]

That's why you stick with Index Funds.

[@iliyaghorra7305]

Did he sell his Fannie Mae stocks before they crashed?

[@InvestorCenter]

That is a very good question

[@generalshepherd457]

seems like a really old video, may from the 90s

[@RagingInverno]

What year is this from? He mentions owning a lot of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I wonder if this was shortly before they crashed hard.

[@Silentbass7]

Yeah, it looks like they never recovered from the crash.

[@spencers1485]

I doubt it, this looks old, not 2008.

[@markrobert6817]

Fnma and fmcc are highly profitable. They most always have been. The feds have held down stock performance due to conservatorship.

[@JattisJatt]

29.2%*

[@InvestorCenter]

Come on bro

[@ageresequituresse]

*29.2%

[@SatisfyingWhirlpools]

Good thing I can explain mine 😃

[@InvestorCenter]

Good work!!!

[@SimplifiedFinanceSiFi]

Well at least the interest rates can be predicted now..

[@juju10683]

Yeah...zero lol

[@bspiderm]

The hair

[@josephwall9161]

My TD Ameritrade paper money account is at 1.3 million after just 18 months. I have been really conservative with it making he majority by buying and selling stocks rather than options. I wish I had the balls to make the same moves with my real money accounts.

[@philochristos]

What did you start with?

[@josephwall9161]

@@philochristos 180k

[@josephwall9161]

@@philochristos the most I made was swing trading Tesla

[@jwwa9216]

Freaking wizard

[@mrlonelyboii628]

I just feel sad that the logic is earning and stock price doesn’t correlate anymore. The world has changed.

[@mccoyji]

Fannie may?

[@pete5668]

or Fannie may not, especially if the market crashes.

[@Indiathegreatest999]

Peter Lynch just big big speech but he did not reach how to select a good stock , whats the best fundamentals to select a stock

[@comeon2155]

well at least I know why I own stocks

[@ryanmeek6284]

Fannie mae being his largest position didnt age well, although idk exactly when they started fucking up the real estate market

[@RD2564]

He's on record as saying he doesn't believe in diversification (even though he bought hundreds of stocks at Magellan ...), he would only own one stock if that was his best idea. Imagine if Peter only owned his favorite Fannie Mae in 2009, the dude would have been cleaned OUT. Second favorite Freddie Mac same-same, pancaked. Diversification is important, Peter ...

[@frankyu6984]

I can tell you why I own a stock but I don’t have good reasons.

[@FindleyOcean]

Fannie Mae is down 36% from IPO in 1985

[@mv3325]

I've been investing for 6 years and i'm averaging 50% a year.

[@cs-yg2ct]

congrats

[@bluegtturbo]

Please tell me your picks for the next year

[@CaptainBeefheart90]

This is a stand up set