What the heck is a Debt Ceiling anyway? Are we learning the wrong lessons from our government's fiscal policies? Maybe we should just focus on other stuff, like braving the stock market, simplifying life, and polishing up our digital brains. All that and a couple of Hills on this month's mailbag.
Host: David Gardner
Guests: Jeff Fischer, Tom King, Jason Moser, Chris Hill
Producer: Rick Engdahl
Once again it's an old format, a new show, borrowed wisdom and a taste of the Faker-Breaker Blues. Drop a six-pence in your shoe and let's get Motley!
Companies Mentioned: APRN, KR, HELFY
Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl
We don't take breaks with this podcast, so there have been a lot of lessons over the years. That's why, for David's birthday, we ask you to help us distill it all down to the most salient points — the lessons that matter most to you!
Companies Mentioned: CMG, AMZN, MNST
Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl
If you want to earn your jester cap, you'll need to speak the language of Foolish investing. Today we're joined by a ship of top-notch Fools to review some simple and not-so-simple terms that will make you a smarter investor!
Companies Mentioned: BRK.A, BRK.B, BBBY, GOOG, AAPL, SVB, CMG, FTNT, CRWD
Host: David Gardner
Guests: Bill Barker, Jason Moser, Tom King
Producer: Rick Engdahl
Not all advice is excellent, and not all futurists are right. But Kevin Kelly, Founder and Senior Maverick of Wired Magazine, is the exception on both fronts. Today he returns to Rule Breaker Investing to share his optimistic take on the generous nature of the universe and our place in it.
Companies Mentioned: AMZN, IRBT, ATVI, GOOG, BRK
Host: David Gardner
Guest: Kevin Kelly
Producer: Rick Engdahl
Whether you're entering Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere or toasting the Spring in the Northern, it's campfire season. So sit back, warm your hands, and enjoy some stories and lessons from the April mailbag!
Companies Discussed: XPOF, PLNT, LULU
Host: David Gardner
Guests: Sanmeet Deo, Jeff Fischer, Kirsten Guerra
Producer: Rick Engdahl
The most memorable stories are often the ones filled with... surprises! Today we begin a new storytelling series, bringing lessons on business, investing, and life. Expect the unexpected....
Companies Discussed: BKNG
Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
...And as it turns out, also a tale of 5 Stocks for the Coronavirus as we send the sampler off to Sad Foolhalla. Luckily we also get to review 5 Stocks To Teach You Rule Breakers.
Companies Discussed: ATVI, AVAV, ABNB, AAPL, AXON, SONY, MSFT, PTON, ROKU, SE, TDOC, ZM
Host: David Gardner
Guests: Jason Moser, Jim Mueller
Producer: Rick Engdahl
A world traveler sleeping on the sidewalk to save a buck... A geologist working the oil fields on a 12-hour night shift... It doesn't take a fancy degree to become a Rule Breaker. It takes a student of life, of business, and of investing. Today Jeff Fischer and Kirsten Guerra share their stories of how they've become investors, analysts, and Fools.
Host: David Gardner
GuestsL Jeff Fischer, Kirsten Guerra
Producer: Rick Engdahl
The end of the month is here again, so we're tossing you the keys and letting you drive. Sure enough, you're taking us somewhere smarter, happier, and richer!
Stocks Mentioned: AMZN, NFLX, SBUX, ATVI, NET
Host: David Gardner
Guests: David Kretzmann, Andy Cross, Tim Beyers
Producer: Rick Engdahl
We're talking market caps, Fool! And unlike Andy Cross and Jim Mueller, our game show contestants here in the studio, you get to play at home and out of the spotlight! But no one is off the hook as we put price tags on companies we love, companies our spouses hate, and companies we have never even heard of.
Companies Discussed: PANW, ABNB, ASML, CELH, PCOR, KYMR, MELI, ETSY, BOC, MA
Host: David Gardner
Guests: Andy Cross, Jim Mueller
Producer: Rick Engdahl
In 2019 Warren Berger joined us for an episode of Authors in August to discuss his groundbreaking book, "A More Beautiful Question." Today he's back for a more open-ended conversation about the whys, what-ifs, and hows of asking questions — in business, in education, and in life.
Companies Mentioned: NFLX, ABNB, SPOT, UBER
Host: David Gardner
Guest: Warren Berger
Producer: Rick Engdahl
Were you here before podcasts? Remember the NPR show? AM radio anyone? Today Mac Greer is back with the keys to our deep vault of audio gold. Tom Gardner joins David to revisit and discuss the conversations, predictions, and lessons from 20 years ago.
Companies Discussed: COST, WMT, EBAY, PYPL, NFLX
Host: David Gardner
Guests: Tom Gardner, Mac Greer
Voices from the Vault: Jim Sinegal, Meg Whitman, John Antioco, Roger Ebert, Loretta Lynn, Sir Bob Geldof, Mike Veeck
Producers: Mac Greer & Rick Engdahl
We stand on the shoulders of giants, and one of the best ways to enjoy the view is to look back to the brilliant things they've said and contemplate how to apply those thoughts to our current situation. Whether from essays or military strategies or blockbuster movies, great quotes are there to help us become smarter, happier, and richer.
Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl
This month we spent some time looking back to the past in order to have a better view of the future. But our mailbag brings it all to the here and now!
Companies Discussed: AMZN, FVRR, LMND, CRWD, TCEHY, TDOC, FSLY, AMD, NVDA, TTD
Host: David Gardner
Guests: Jim Mueller, David Kretzmann
Producer: Rick Engdahl
C. Thi Nguyen is back with David to discuss some of their all time favorite board and role playing games, along with some thoughts about ranking systems, scoring mechanics, and online recipes.
Host: David Gardner
Guest: C. Thi Nguyen
Producer: Rick Engdahl
Games can be good or bad. Or evil. Or stupid. But what happens when we apply the artificial constraints of game design to real world discourse? Philosophy professor C. Thi Nguyen is here to deepen our understanding of games and raise a few flags about the gamification of everyday life.
Host: David Gardner
Guest: C. Thi Nguyen
Produceer: Rick Engdahl
On this podcast we never repeat ourselves. On this podcast we never repeat... Oh alright, we sometimes repeat ourselves. But only to bring back important stories and lessons from the past that might otherwise be forgotten.
Companies discussed: SBUX, NVDA, NFLX
Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl
Seems like only yesterday we were traveling back in time. Wait a minute... maybe it was yesterday. Maybe it is yesterday! In any case, we're back in our time machines again, so rev up the Delorean, close the phone booth, and adjust your sonic screwdriver — we're looking back on some essays from yesteryear and seeing what they can teach us today.
Companies Discussed: DIS, ADBE, CMG, TSLA, SSYS, PRLB
Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl
The market is up in 2023! Of course less than a month in, that's not very meaningful. But still, we can embrace some optimism for the year. More importantly, we can remember that what really matters are the decades ahead.
Stocks Mentioned: AMZN, AAPL DIS, ETSY, XPEL, TSLA
Host: David Gardner
Guest: Auri Hughes
Producer: Rick Engdahl
Time to check the scoreboard again on two of our 5-stock samplers. It's been a rough market this last year, but we're in it for longer than that, Fool! Some stocks that seem to have been crushed recently look a lot better if you just step back a few years. Some of them.
Stocks Mentioned: AAPL, TEAM, SEDG, SBUX, TDOC, AMZN, ETSY, TSLA, DIS
Host: David Gardner
Guests: Sanmeet Deo, Asit Sharma
Producer: Rick Engdahl
Sit back and take a load off, let me tell you a story. Better yet, let's have some friends around to tell five stories. Stock stories. Full of ups and downs, lessons from history, hopes for the future... it's all there for the learning!
Stocks Mentioned: CPNG, XPEL, MSFT, RDFN, SAM
Host: David Gardner
Guests: Rick Munarriz, Auri Hughes, Alyce Lomax, Jim Mueller
Producer: Rick Engdahl
We're kicking off 2023 looking back, looking forward, looking outward, and looking past the same old blues. It's a new year, Fools — let's make it ever better!
Stocks mentioned: TSLA, F, DUO
Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl
As 2022 draws to a close, we answer a few burning questions from the mailbag: How do you play competitive games with kids? Can a handful of apps work together to build your second brain? Will Artificial Intelligence replace Shakespeare and upend the music industry? Has it already happened? Foolish minds want to know!
Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl
Small-cap, mid-cap, large-cap, mega-cap...? How do these companies compare? It's not enough to know the share price; you have to know the market cap! And that's why we play the game—now with the new “Throwdown Rule.” Play along with our guests, Andy Cross and Matt Argersinger to claim your fame as the market cap masters of 2022!
Stocks Mentioned: NCNO, SJM, ULTA, HCA, LKQ, ZS, MTCH, SQ, STEM, CRI
Host: David Gardner
Guests: Andy Cross, Matt Argersinger
Producer: Rick Engdahl