Peter Lynch: How to Invest Better Than Wall Street (Rare Interview)

Peter Lynch talks about how to invest better than professional investors on Wall Street. Lynch managed the legendary Fidelity Magellan Fund where he achieved annualized returns of nearly 30%. He is the author of several best selling investing books including One Up On Wall Street. This interview took place in 1994.
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[@ccppp6953]

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[@mr.majestic2667]

This guy said in 1994 when the Dow was just around 4000 that it would double every 9 yrs so his estimate would have put the Dow around 32k in July 2021 the Dow is at 34k . 27 yrs of turbulence and a pandemic he is off by 2k genius .

[@Seraph-MAD]

32,816 today

[@jameswandel7080]

Starting off the year right with some Peter Lynch content

[@alexstadler269]

Sounds like a good idea

[@urbancitrus6869]

THIS

[@InvestorCenter]

Love to see it

[@x-perimentalthoughts]

We all are lol

[@matiicamachh2550]

Perfect to put things in perspective

[@obigboss998]

It’s nice to see a financial big wig that’s incredibly humble.. PL is a cool dude 👍🏾

[@InvestorCenter]

He is great!!!

[@ccppp6953]

This country is not encouraging people to save nor invest. It encourages people to spend... so true....

[@GrumpyCat-mw5xl]

Interesting the same problems back then that we are talking about today. Nothing has changed just the numbers.

[@asianinvestor15]

Peter is the first person I hear before I jump into stock market. His principle and rational helps me a lot.

[@matteoantonio4644]

For newbies willing to invest in stocks or create passive income for themselves, it's essential to note that time in the market is better than timing the markets. This has been one of the reason people don't make it in financial markets, the basic of investing is buy low and sell high. Look for projects with potential that will change your financial destiny.

[@danalves47]

I agree with you however this requires technical know how, consistency and experiences.

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@@danalves47 You're correct, reason why I work with a financial advisor. Risk management, early entry and exits points, access to own stocks which is isn't available to the general public, these are few of many advantages. My life has changed and my approach to financial market better with lot of profits.

[@glendoragruz5766]

@@matteoantonio4644 Is it possible for someone from Australia to invest in US stocks?

[@matteoantonio4644]

@@glendoragruz5766 Absolutely you can but you need a licensed broker from the US to be able to do that, this is what you get investing with a broker who's licensed in different states.

[@glendoragruz5766]

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[@siddheshrane]

This interview was filmed in 1994 yet the topics he talks about like inflating money supply and rock bottom interest rates, unemployment rate etc are so on point relevant to what's happening in the market today (2021)

[@nsgarcia10]

It’s why he’s one of the best. Currently working on my Masters of Finance and my professors all recommend reading his books/watching his interviews

[@florin9868]

but of course. economic is a cycle

[@thecapone45]

He “cut back” to 40-50 Hour work weeks?? Geez he was working a ton.

[@tipsy09]

The 40 hour work week is a lie

[@oopopp]

When he watches the News or listening to the radio... it's considered work... him going to the mall and seeing what people are buying is also work... lol...

[@daniellawson3788]

That's why he's worth half a billion.

[@octaviovega3289]

@@oopopp Fool

[@confirmhandle]

He's always thinking !

[@wills.364]

In Lynch we trust! He belongs in Mount Rushmore of investing!

[@InvestorCenter]

Yes he does!

[@thinkblue8089]

Who else,? Bogle and buffet?

[@samueltorres2485]

What a gift it is to listen to Peter! Free advice from this mega-millionaire and excellent money manager. Best ever. Thanks for posting this!!

[@InvestorCenter]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for the support!

[@giovannip8600]

GOAT

[@praveens8073]

I wish the interviewer listened more than interrupting.

[@bingo567890]

yup he needs to stfu, people need to stop interrupting others when they are speaking in general. Esp you are doing a interview, with a legend like Peter Lynch. Stop acting like you know more than these Legends. SMH this interviewer.

[@digitalkarmik3920]

Exactly my thought! Looked like he was not even paying attention to what PL was saying. I had to stop watching the interview midway. It became too much to continue. Don't know how PL kept calm and kept going through with it.

[@bingo567890]

@@digitalkarmik3920 I agree, and I’m sure he’s very emotionally stable and calm that’s why he can keep up with it and had prob the best performance within a period in human history. Such a legend

[@luiscaminero9145]

Biggest takeaway: If the EPS of a company keep going up, the price will follow (eventually).

[@bluefm7370]

Peter has his priorities in line. I am grateful for the opportunity to listen to this man. Stay safe

[@ambalavanant]

29% CAGR for more than 2 decades. He's the boss of stock markets. Imagine the amount of pressure that he had to endure and yet how cooly he handled it all

[@InvestorCenter]

Peter Lynch is definitely one of the greatest investors!

[@AureliusStudios]

Amazing listening to how small the debt was!

[@InvestorCenter]

It’s crazy how things have changed

[@ah383]

Look it up: Democrat Clinton cut US debt, Republicans Bush and Trump increased US debt. Which party is really fiscally conservative?

[@Lenny1337i]

A H none of them are.

[@PodFinanceYT]

Such a great mind. If there's one person new entrants to the market need to listen to, its Peter

[@InvestorCenter]

Peter Lynch is great. He can explained complicated investing concepts in a simple way that beginners can understand

[@dangortarez1]

Years later and this is still fire 🔥 eliminate capital gains tax!!

[@adamgoodman3422]

Brilliance! Best way to start 2021. Thank you!

[@InvestorCenter]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for the support!

[@RawMelodys]

My investment philosophy is very highly influenced by Peter Lynch to be very honest. Though I may not have earn the CAGR of 29% like him but have been able to get it to approx 20% up to now in last 5 years. I am targeting anywhere between 10-20% range over the next 20 years period before I retire. I am 100% confident I can make it. I will feel myself very successful being a retail investor. I think Fund/PE managers have much more advantages over retail investors due to too much liquidity plus they can also buy unlisted companies. So 10-20% (after all taxes deducted) is really good return. Hope I can do it

[@InvestorCenter]

Best of luck my friend!!!

[@RawMelodys]

Thank you dude. Keep posting such wonderful videos. Subscribed you 👍

[@Nikspov]

what ?!!! you are able capture 20% of returns from investment? you are outperforming the Nifty 50 can you manage my money! 😂

[@KrishnaKrishna-ht6fd]

“If you don’t understand what the company does, you should not be in it”

[@tipsy09]

I wish someone said that about my in laws

[@funambe1603]

Palantir

[@giovannip8600]

@@funambe1603 short it lol

[@robertbehrend8379]

I love you rebooting the Peter Lynch content!

[@JustinScottInvesting]

When he said, "let's say you supply paper products" I couldn't help but think about Jim from the office lol

[@namangola3009]

"If you can't explain a stock you own to 10 years old in less than a minute or two Don't own that stock"

[@johndomenico5746]

Thank you Mr. Peter Lynch I caught you in the 80s with Fidelity Magellan you were the best thing that ever happened to me great Man Thanks for the 30 and 50% games Almost every year You were the best!

[@Redeemingoursin]

He is a legend like many others. Can’t help anyone!

[@rationalinvesting4120]

Peter Lynch - a legend! An idol!

[@hammerradiology1470]

Such an intelligent person! So glad I stumbled upon him…

[@crysty200718]

Thank you for sharing Peter's videos. Much love.

[@InvestorCenter]

Appreciate all the support!

[@crysty200718]

@@InvestorCenter there is a channel on youtube that has all Berkshire annual meetings. Perhaps it might come in handy for your project. Best of luck!

[@InvestorCenter]

@@crysty200718 that’s good to know. Thank you!

[@Joesmith_138]

Peter lynch is my fav investor,keep the vids coming 🤙

[@InvestorCenter]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jc.1191]

His charisma is great. I like Drunkenmiller too, he elaborates on his thinking process.

[@johanneslaudi6184]

I'm dead when he said people worry too much about ozone layer 😂😂

[@jubjub13483]

I really like Peter lynch! I find him much easier to understand then buffet. But both come down to one same thing which really agree only buy company you understand! Which is one of my main principals, last year was great chance to get undervalued shares and I got some bargains which are now up!

[@sargonoshana2324]

Exactly, Buffett doesn't really tell you in detail and does not explain like Lynch.

[@matthewking8944]

great interview

[@TerryOuzounelliauthor]

You should always compare your results to the S&P 500. That's how I started investing and still do it.

[@InvestorCenter]

Great strategy!

[@dipaknadkarni62]

Great interview.

[@InvestorCenter]

Yes!

[@JohnDoe-zz7on]

What awesome dude. Kudos to you Mr Lynch

[@SeventhCereal]

I am just closing a 5 year portfolio for an almost 300% return. Been through ups and downs, and I fully understand that it may take years before I get back in. Patience, discipline and persistent hard work, cannot be taught no matter how many feel-good motivation videos you watch. It must be drilled in. Unfortunately with the situation of the education system, we must all be accommodating to weaker people and sink to the lowest common denominator.

[@leonghchan]

Any particular reason why you're deciding to wait at least few years before going back in?

[@Andreabay90]

if you can't make money in this market what makes you so sure you'll do in a few years?

[@StephenDoty84]

Great upload. He lives in the town next to me. I met him at Starbucks on time. He's like a famous actor or musician - everyone knows who it is, when he enters a room, and he was cordial and engaging, willing to talk investing also, if people asked.

[@InvestorCenter]

That is awesome! What time does he live in? Is it around Boston?

[@StephenDoty84]

@@InvestorCenter What time? He lives in EST, eastern standard time. You can set your watch by it! ;)

[@InvestorCenter]

@@StephenDoty84 sorry I meant “town” whoops

[@StephenDoty84]

@@InvestorCenter Marblehead.

[@crazycajunsunshine]

If you don't understand what the company does then stay away from it. Same concept Warren Buffet uses . True and true

[@matthewking8944]

love pete's style

[@thedoctor3029]

People complain they got no chance in life when this kind of golden wisdom is just out there for free

[@HaiTran-fi1uc]

Peter Lynch is a legend.

[@dimitrijmaslov1209]

Thanks!

[@lauravolkman]

Keep up the Peter Lynch content!

[@InvestorCenter]

Will do!

[@matthewking8944]

right on laura peter is awesome. so are you keep smilein

[@MonsieurDee]

Can you post full interviews?

[@kaumallose6198]

Brilliant one

[@ramkumarram4037]

Thank you

[@InvestorCenter]

You are welcome. Thank you for watching!

[@HawkingRegime13]

This interviewer is trying to get him to bite on this policy crap and take a left leaning political side, but all Peter is doing is relaying the facts that encouraging the creation of businesses helps our country tremendously.

[@jc.1191]

I'd be happy to see a few zombies fall. Debt burdemed companies don't pay well, and don't innovate.

[@theringoffinance]

Peter Lynch on Charlie Rose isn't a rare interview. It's a famous interview.

[@Frenzy724]

Wow Supercuts and Au Bon Pain as stock picks from this time. Legend.

[@InvestorCenter]

Crazy how things change!

[@cornelioabasolo6288]

I HAVE INCURRED SO MUCH LOSSES TRADING ON MY OWN...I TRADE WELL ON DEMO BUT I THINK THE REAL MARKET IS MANIPULATED... CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT OR AT LEAST TELL ME WHAT I'M DOING WRONG ?

[@annareuben439]

Same here, My portfolio has been going down the drain while I try trading,l just don't know what I do wrong

[@Anna-db1ye]

Trading with an expert is the best strategy for newbies and busy investors who have little or no time to monitor trade

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I strongly advise you against self trading, it's really dangerous and had brought so many investors down, you need someone with the knowledge and strategies, someone dedicated to the crypto currency market business, and I will strongly recommend expert, Mrs Karen Charles

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@@adamskelly4361 Wow I'm just shock you mentioned and recommended Expert Mrs Karen Charles,I thought I'm the only trading with her

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Here in Canada Expert Mrs Karen Charles carries out the both orientation and mentorship potentials

[@williamcloutier9401]

Wow thanks for that

[@InvestorCenter]

Glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate the support

[@Tanmanata]

11:35 LOL!!! Laughed way too hard at that..

[@InvestorCenter]

He is a pretty fun guy 😂😂😂

[@vlj9013]

He has a young face & voice but white hair right for his age.

[@stevenblackburn6345]

Thankyou

[@BossChronicles]

He's a genius

[@wh7824]

Is there any interview on this guy in 2021? I really wanna hear what he has to say about the 2021 market..

[@investwitheleni1008]

Just buy "boring" stocks that you understand and stay away from the fashionable ones.

[@InvestorCenter]

I like that strategy!!!

[@michelleeditor]

No! Buy stocks in companies with a stock price is below their "intrinsic" value (Buffet's term) though his formula for valuation is different than Buffet's. Boring or fashionable isn't the issue. BTW Clinton did balance the budget and had a surplus

[@harrisonwintergreen1147]

Curious thing is his principles still Apple. some of the best performing stocks 2000-2020 were not hot trendy stocks. Yes, Apple and Netflix ... but also Ross Dress for Less, monster energy drinks and Tractor Supply.

[@ozcandemirci2020]

Marvelous!!!!

[@MyStuarte]

boring stocks are great investments as most holders are buy and how owners, they dont jump form stock to stocks, high fashionable stocks are not held longterm , hence when they fall hard, it makes it harder for a investor to recover from, a 50% drop needs another 100% rise, but a stocks that falls 10% only needs 11% to break even,. its called the low beta anomaly

[@MyStuarte]

buy and hold owners

[@InvestorCenter]

I love buy and hold investing

[@tipsy09]

I’ve only just got into learning a lot more about investing instead of watching from the outside. 100 pages into the intelligent investor. But I wonder why Coca colas stock price is only $50? Wouldn’t people who have money just buy up this stock like crazy and take the free money? Or is it just that there are better options out there and that’s simply it? KO seems to be the investing 101 stock

[@Aubatron]

Peter Lynch deserves a Nobel prize more than Eugene Fama in my opinion.

[@fabio.1]

Anyone knows if the percentage in stocks of people's assets included 401k? When he said about the 60s and 80s being 40%, 20% and 1997 down to 17%. Thanks

[@LiveCustoms]

Legendary

[@urbancitrus6869]

THIS!

[@InvestorCenter]

👍🏻

[@Historyteacheraz]

Great insights and lessons. A Teenager’s Guide on how to Invest Like Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger has many great investment lessons for teens.

[@vxu9208]

so simple, but not easy

[@dandangle1823]

Wish I could like a video more than once

[@InvestorCenter]

This video deserves all the likes!

[@kusayhameid1987]

Lynch “right, right, right, yup, yup, you got it, ya, ya, right, right, up, up

[@jacobleenheer1920]

I would love to talk stocks with peter lynch

[@achilles9196]

Great interview when the stock goes down what do you do "flip a coin " 😂 ?

[@stefyyy1994]

can you upload full interview?

[@InvestorCenter]

This is the full interview

[@stefyyy1994]

@@InvestorCenter ok, thank you!

[@InvestorCenter]

@@stefyyy1994 no problem! Thank you for watching!

[@pnkrckmom]

I have zero instinct about what types of companies will be great. After all, 25 or so years ago I thought Amazon was stupid, and when I first heard about bitcoin....I don't know...maybe 10 or 12 years ago...again I thought, "That's dumb." Needless to say, I invest in a broad index fund.

[@jc.1191]

Be sure to add international exposure. I have the low fee fidelity em fund. Easy place to throw dividends.

[@shad6057]

Genius

[@gerardoulloa8320]

I’m 27 and I’m interested af in investing because that’s our future to success and love like in the Disney Movies lol. Do it for your kids but educate them tell them to do the same with all their friends

[@ggg1815]

Which year was this interview done?

[@InvestorCenter]

1994, full information in description

[@omni1562]

What He says about our advantage on wall street is so true. However, his investing method is not realistic for us little guys. He used to hold around 1400 stocks at a time

[@lawrenceg7341]

that's wrong , it is much much harder to manage such large amount of money with such large portfolio.

[@stankozubenko8520]

@@lawrenceg7341 Thank you for pointing that out. Buffett once said he'd make 60% if he had a small account (as a percent). It's hard to make a lot when you're moving markets just entering positions.

[@billykriaris3096]

@@stankozubenko8520 but i dont get that? wont you have more of a advantage putting large amounts in lets say, long positions, as it will help it go up?

[@rdamata89]

@@billykriaris3096 it’s also harder to unload such a large amount of stock if it tanks, finding that many buyers for so many shares that are rapidly falling is very difficult

[@thecapone45]

@@stankozubenko8520 beat me to it.

[@tristan8041]

I’m new and experimenting with investing. Wish I heard Lynch before putting $600 into stocks I don’t know shit about the day before.

[@gmo709]

It's the cost to service the debt that matters. You shld look at federal interest payments / tax revenue over history and compare now to then. Need to bring in Ken Fisher for that segment. Lynch is great though. Get people working and keep tax low..boost tax revenues. Spend on productive GDP-boosting endeavors. Think of the front end rather than just penny-pinching.

[@asianinvestor15]

I agree make capital gains 0 tax, so people will be encourage to invest and I will assure you many will get rich poor rates will decrease

[@InvestorCenter]

I wouldn’t complain about that 😂

[@chubbystarling9125]

Hey what happened to Charlie Rose? Why don’t we ever see him do any more interviews?

[@benks464]

rare interview with Charlie Rose on the public broadcasting service

[@stefanopalermo4772]

what's the book he was referring to in relation to the school teacher?

[@benkim2016]

Charlies doesnt know about Japanese capital gains law and Peter got him.lol

[@InvestorCenter]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheIcelandicInvestor]

He should know how to beat them 😅

[@InvestorCenter]

Yes 😂

[@zorro149]

Supercuts! 😂

[@stevenblackburn6345]

Im Thinking😏

[@rapidsk8]

PL is impatient when one is speaking, he's always been more interested in what he wants to say than what's being said.

[@richhenry7540]

12:53 350 billion in debt. Ah the good ol days.

[@casawsome]

Then the republicans got in. Clinton had surplus budgets and started paying down the debt.

[@HawkingRegime13]

@@casawsome Lol, how much did Obama contribute to helping the debt?

[@robertmiller8325]

When did this interview originally air?

[@markrobert6817]

1994

[@RelogiosSemFronteiras]

1000th like!

[@InvestorCenter]

Thank you for the support!!!

[@erkancelik5135]

11:38 lol :D

[@wmattit4939]

So which book to start with: Beating the street or One Up on Wall Street? :)

[@InvestorCenter]

Both :)

[@cz1always608]

So I bought Boyd and MGM 100.000 each yesterday 5/26/21 I sold MGM , I bought it at roughly 7 a share sold it at 42 Boyd well I should not say this bought it at 625 a share have not sold it yet … why they have no debt .. yes listen to him . Do your own research. If you want to play in the stock market… It takes knowledge and big Balls ! Just saying.

[@maxb5957]

Max was here

[@HafeezBlackLeg]

Capital rate in Japan is..... 10% Peter Lynch: *ZEROOOO*

[@InvestorCenter]

😂😂😂

[@benkim2016]

So was S. Korea until 2020! Now 22 percent:(

[@HafeezBlackLeg]

@@benkim2016 is it a sign of hyperinflation coming?

[@kennyg1358]

From what I can tell with some quick research, the three stocks mentioned were not good picks.

[@alih3123]

The whole point is to pick stocks you understand so you can drop them if necessary, Lynch is known for beating the market during the 13 years he ran the fund at Fidelity

[@atteeqrehman9560]

So what happened to Obapan stock?

[@mexicoulm2975]

owned by YUM Brand.

[@juanvaldo666]

1:43 smart man...he is speaks spanish too. 😂😌