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more than 29% average annual between 1977 and 1990 These are the performances of Peter Lynch one of the greatest investors in history in this video we will see What are the strategies that allowed this legendary investor to achieve these astronomical numbers and what are his tips for investing in stocks that even we small investors can apply to our portfolio just like Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch also began to be interested in investments from a very young age Already at the age of 12 Peter Lynch began working as a Candy as a club steward in the golf course of his city and it was there that he met for the first time some Rich Bankers with whom he began the first conversations about money investments After graduating from Boston College he obtained a first internship at Fidelity as an analyst for the textile and metals sector an internship obtained thanks to the acquaintance made on the golf courses with the then president of the bank within a few years he made a career within the bank always moving as an analyst to the chemical and mining sector In 1974 he was promoted to director of financial research always in Fidelity and in 1977 he was entrusted with the management of the Magellano Fund.
In just 13 years, he achieved an average annual result of +29%, beating the 500 11 times out of 13, which allowed him to retire at just 46 years old, managing to make the fund obtain 14 billion in profits during the period of his management. Peter Lynch wrote a very famous book in the global investment community, One-Up on Wall Street.
In this book, he explains his investment philosophy, which we can summarize with the phrase " Invest in Watch," meaning invest in what you know. An approach very similar to that of good old Warren Buffett. The heart of Peter Lynch's strategy is the categorization of stocks according to the INCI. In fact, every single stock that we can find on the market fits perfectly into one of the six categories he identified.
The first category, Peter Lynch's favorite, is the one containing high-growth companies. In this category, we find companies that are generally small in size and that try to challenge the big players already stopped on the market with revolutionary products and strategies. These companies obviously carry risks.
Their shares are in fact often overvalued because the market rewards their propensity for growth and can obviously be very volatile on the market. The classic example of innovative companies is Tesla, which brought great innovation to the automotive market with many car manufacturers that initially snubbed what Tesla was doing and which today find themselves chasing Elon Musk's little gem.
Tesla, for example, is doing well today if we evaluate it with the classic parameters of fundamental analysis with a price-earnings ratio that is currently around 80 but which has always achieved double-digit growth over the years. Among other things, a few days ago, if the number of cars sold by Tesla in 2023 was announced, the number of units reached 400,000.
We have explored this topic in depth in another video. I'll leave it in the description for you. The second type of companies to have in your portfolio, again according to Peter Lynch, are solid companies but with a good margin for growth. They are usually large companies with a history of solidity behind them but which continue to grow steadily.
and they usually also distribute a good dividend. A classic example of this type of company is Coca-Cola, which, despite operating in the highly competitive food sector, has continued to grow in recent decades and distributes a brand recognized worldwide with a widespread distribution. Very often, companies with strong growth in the first group then move over time to be part of this second group.
An excellent example of this is Starbucks, a company with strong growth in the 90s that has been able to consolidate its dominant position in the last twenty years. We also talked about Starbucks in a dedicated video. I'll leave it in the description for you. The third group, however, contains solid but low- growth companies.
This is the group that Peter Lynch is least fond of and which he advises against holding in a portfolio. These are all those companies with slow or almost no growth but well- positioned in the market. Some examples can be the tobacco multinational Philip Morris and Austria. Despite their slow growth, these companies often pay very high and regular dividends as they would not know how to reinvest these profits.
This group should be considered only with a view to receiving a constant return from dividends and therefore Peter Lynch says that for the majority of investors It is a group to avoid, however. The fourth group, according to Peter Lynch, is the one that contains companies seeking redemption, as he calls the so-called Fallen Angels.
These are companies that have been successful in the past but are experiencing quarters or even years of difficulty. The goal in this case is to buy at low prices, hoping for a rebound in prices due to a change in business direction. One of the most striking examples of this category is Meta, which fell out of favor with investors last year following the huge investments in the metaverse investments that supported the company.
In 2022, the company faced a clear change of direction this year. When Mark Zuckerberg announced that 2023 would be the year of efficiency, which led to the layoff of 21,000 employees, since then the stock has recorded a plus of 140 percent and on the stock market the stock was the second best stock in the S&P 500, second only to Envy.
See you at the next Monday webinar, the appointment that we hold online every Monday at 6 pm. We will analyze the meta stock in detail so don't miss the webinar I'll leave you the link to register in the description it's a free event sign up even if you can't attend live so we can send you the recording the fifth group mentioned by Peter Lynch is that of companies in cyclical sectors airlines and car manufacturers are the classic example but also companies active in the chemical sector and steel production can enter when the economy is flourishing the demand for these types of products increases exponentially due to a strong production activity on the contrary in a slowing economy sales consequently profits tend to decrease This is the reason why with this type of stock timing is crucial investing in cyclical companies means buying when prices are low and selling So getting rid of these shares when prices have risen the timing needed to invest in this type of stock is the reason why Peter Lynch advises against this type of stock to small Italian investors The last category, the sixth, groups those companies that as Peter Lynch says have an ace up their sleeve i.e.
those companies that for example within their balance sheets have undervalued assets that They can be, for example, large amounts of cash ready to invest or trademarks and patents. Obviously, these types of shares are also complex as they require very detailed knowledge of the sector in which they operate and it can take years before the market realizes the actual undervaluation of one of these companies.
According to Peter Lynch, his great success comes from his great ability to be able to insert each single share into one of these categories: investing in what we know and knowing the reason why we invested in a share. These are the mantras that have guided Peter Lynch's activity in his management of the legendary Magellano Fund.
Try to do an exercise: look at the shares you have in your portfolio and try to pigeonhole them into one of these six categories. We'll see you at the webinar on Monday where we'll analyze the meta stock and understand if it's time to buy it. You'll find everything in the description. We'll see you at the next video.
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