Rule Breaker Investing
David Gardner, co-founder of The Motley Fool, is among the most respected and trusted sources on investing. As a best-selling author, hugely successful stock picker, and financial authority, David has led The Motley Fool’s growth into a worldwide investment and financial advisory services company. Each week David shares his insights into today's most innovative and disruptive publicly traded companies -- and how to profit from them by following his signature “Rule Breaker Investing” principles.
Episodes
July 16, 2025 • 44 mins
As summer in the Northern Hemisphere kicks into second gear, David unveils the second volume in this episodic series. He explores the four types of capital, speaks to the importance of embracing good ol’ “R”eality, brings back an honest-to-goodness pet peeve, and unravels a spool of cool words that rhyme with “Fool.”Grab your lemonade, find a comfy spot in the shade, and join us under the summer sun!
Companies Discussed: AMZN, NVD...
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July 9, 2025 • 53 mins
We’re approaching the 10-year anniversary of the dawn of our 30 five-stock samplers, picked from 2015 to 2021. In this special episode, David reflects on the fully updated results, sharing 10 fresh lessons from both the wins and the whiffs. How’d we do? Discover the highs and lows, the reversals in just a year’s time… and the enduring principles of Rule Breaker Investing.
Companies Discussed: AXON, IRBT, ISRG, LYV, MELI, NVDA, PAC...
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July 2, 2025 • 48 mins
Independence Week in the United States is the perfect time to explore financial freedom. This week’s podcast highlights nine key points leading to financial independence, featuring insights from Greek Philosophers, Rule Breaker listeners, and David himself. Rediscover Ask For a Raise Day and living below your means. Learn from listener stories about the importance of resilience, avoiding debt, multiplicands or multiplican'ts, and w...
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June 25, 2025 • 46 mins
June brings us another motley mailbag, where your notes nudged David to share, among other things:
*his top quantitative traits for a great stock
*summary thoughts a few years later on Michael Hebb’s Let’s Talk About Death (over Dinner)
*consideration of a Peacock streaming road trip show with Fools that never happened
*a trip back in our time machine to see what was Amazon’s market cap in 1999!
Companies mentioned: AMZN, ...
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June 18, 2025 • 68 mins
The penultimate Wednesday of every quarter… it’s time again for the Market Cap Game Show! This time around, longtime Fool Jason Moser and podcast debutant Loren Horst step into the ring to guess (and second-guess) the value of some amazing (some of them amazingly boring) stocks. As always, you’re invited to play along at home: Can you beat our talented Foolish guest stars?
Companies Discussed: SFIX, ISRG, U, TXNM, ODFL, JPM, FIX...
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June 11, 2025 • 54 mins
Here's an experiment: Take a young artist with no interest in investing, no financial savvy, and a ton of debt, and then drop him into the deep end of Foolishness. Wait 25 years, and what do you get? A Fool for life! This week, producer Rick Engdahl comes to the other side of the glass to reflect on what he's learned from 10 years of RBI and a career at The Motley Fool.
Host: David Gardner
Guest: Rick Engdahl
Producer: Bart S...
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June 4, 2025 • 50 mins
This week our old friend Shirzad Chamine is back to remind us who we are and who we've always been. Embrace your superpowers and defeat your saboteurs, because you have everything you need to be happy right now!
Host: David Gardner
Guest: Shirzad Chamine
Producers: Rick Engdahl, Bart Shannon
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May 28, 2025 • 57 mins
Whether you're taking another lap around the sun, buying to hold for decades, or literally running for miles on end, life is more than a marathon. Where you come from matters. Where you're going matters more. How you'll get there? Well, as your mailbag contributions showcase, that's the fun part!
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May 21, 2025 • 61 mins
AI, marketing, brand, creativity... just a few of the subjects that Seth Godin can talk about with eloquence and insight. This week the "Purple Cow" author is here with David and guest-host Andy Cross to shed light on what earns attention, transaction, and loyalty.
Hosts: David Gardner, Andy Cross
Guest: Seth Godin
Producer: Rick Engdahl
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May 14, 2025 • 53 mins
The best gifts are the ones that keep on giving, and that's what this episode is all about! Today's show highlights the things you've told us that you learned from David, called out and amplified to help us all navigate another challenging year. Now that's an awesome birthday present. Thanks!
Companies mentioned: AAPL, ACHR, AMZN, CMG, DIS, MELI, MSFT, NFLX, NVDA, ODFL, SHOP, TSLA
Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl
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May 7, 2025 • 55 mins
If knowledge is power, today's show will give you superpowers! Our all-Fool cast is here to help you understand some common and not-so-common investing terms, so that you can leap tall buildings, swing from a web, and more importantly, be better investors! Are we heroes? Are we zeros? Keep score and let us know.
Host: David Gardner Guests: Nick Sciple, Yasser El-Shimy, David Meier Producer: Rick Engdahl
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April 30, 2025 • 61 mins
Tariffs, corruption, political posturing... it's no wonder that the market is crashing! But wait, is it? Back up that graph a bit and the market is still near all-time highs. In today's mailbag we strive to find happiness, maintain rational optimism, and see through the dark clouds plaguing the headlines. Plus, some tips on diversifying your portfolio, voting with your wallet, and challenging the umpire.
Companies mentioned: DUOL,...
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April 26, 2025 • 24 mins
In remembrance of the life of George Foreman, we've gone back to the Motley Fool Radio Show vault to bring you this interview with the former heavyweight champion. From poverty to fame, sport to business, cattle to annuities, Foreman was fully invested in a life well-lived. A world-beater, a rule breaker, and by our measure, a true Fool.
Host: David Gardner Guest: Mac Greer Guests from the Vault: Tom Gardner, George Foreman Produc...
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April 23, 2025 • 59 mins
We don't break the rules to cheat; we break them to improve. When conventional wisdom grows stale and unhelpful, it's the contrarians who lead the way to make investing, business, and life better. And the same is true in sports. Punting? Bunting? It's time we take a look, with the help of sports journalist, Kimball Crossley, at some sports rules that need breaking.
Host: David Gardner Guest: Kimball Crossley Producer: Rick Engdahl...
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April 16, 2025 • 47 mins
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks, because we're back at the ol' ball game with some softball, hardball, curveball, screwball, and knuckleball questions from ChatGPT. David is at the plate, taking swings at these pitches and batting you home to a smarter, happier, and richer future.
Companies mentioned: AMZN, ISRG, NFLX, NVDA
Host: David Gardner Guest: ChatGPT Producer: Rick Engdahl
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April 9, 2025 • 52 mins
Today David hosts the founder and CEO of Fair Trade USA, Paul Rice, who explains how trade can be more effective than aid in improving the world's economic issues. As consumers become more aware and more discerning about what they buy, companies that embrace conscious capitalism will enjoy an ever-growing competitive edge over those which simply look to grow profits and any cost.
Companies mentioned: AMZN, SBUX, WMT
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April 2, 2025 • 49 mins
It's time once again to dust off David's old writings and pull some lessons forward into the light of today. We discuss re-recs and buying stocks that you already own, annual predictions, risk ratings, and keeping a record of your investment decisions. We look back to be smarter about looking forward!
(5:52) Introduction to May 2003 Issue
(16:00) New Year's Resolution
(24:47) Risk Ratings For New Members
(32:35) What is in Fro...
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March 26, 2025 • 51 mins
March 2025 Mailbag: Chalkboard Wisdom and Our Favorite Words March Madness isn’t just for basketball—it’s taken over Rule Breaker Investing too! In this month’s mailbag, David Gardner fields your questions and reflections with trademark Foolishness. Should you use forced rankings to evaluate your portfolio? Can AI help guide investment decisions? Is Elon good or evil? Why does following the simplest of instructions matter so profou...
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March 19, 2025 • 68 mins
It all comes down to this... the final event of March Market Cap Madness! Defending Champion Andy Cross has held off all contenders and pretenders, but young phenom and game show survivor Emily Flippen is not one to back down from a challenge. Who will win the crown for 2025? We're betting on you to come out smarter, happier, and richer as we all play and learn together!
Companies discussed: BRZE, WIX, KMI, PTON, AMAT, HHH, ARE, R...
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March 12, 2025 • 85 mins
We hope you've filled out your bracket because we're back with the second match of the March Market Cap Madness Final Four. Today it's the birthday boy, Bill Barker up against the survivor, Emily Flippen! Who will make it to next week's final? You will, Fool!
Companies discussed: OKTA, UBER, WAL, AMGN, FUN, RKLB, GOOG, CARG, DIS, META, NOW
Host: David Gardner Guests: Bill Barker, Emily Flippen Producer: Rick Engdahl
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