Grab the popcorn—this Mailbag goes well beyond beach talk. A listener uses Rule Breaker tactics, keeps adding as the stock climbs, and lands their first spiffy-pop. David retells the term’s origin and brings back analyst Yasser El-Shimy, whose original pick sparks a rocket-themed chat. Another listener feeds Keats’s “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer” to AI for a Rule-Breaker remix full of wild surmise. Those nuggets—plus the new Authors in August lineup—power this week’s breezy, idea-packed summer episode.

Companies mentioned: RKLB, SBUX

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Host: David Gardner

Guest: Yasser El-Shimy

Producer: Bart Shannon

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Fresh off of his mixed doubles title at Wimbledon, Sem Verbeek sits back down with David (three years later) to share his journey from professional tennis player, facing a career crossroads, to becoming a Wimbledon champion. He compares the similarities in mindset between tennis and financial strategies, and even turns the tables by becoming the interviewer, asking David some thought-provoking
questions of his own. Sem Verbeek, a man of many talents, on and off the court.

Host: David Gardner

Guest: Sem Verbeek

Producer: Bart Shannon

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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, NVDA

Host: David Gardner

Producer: Bart Shannon

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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, PEGA, PI, RMD, W, Z

Host: David Gardner

Producer: Bart Shannon

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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 when your kids begin to see the financial light. 

Real stories and inspiration helping you achieve financial freedom, American-style.

Host: David Gardner

Producer: Bart Shannon

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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, BRK.A, BRK.B, WMT

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Host: David Gardner

Producer: Bart Shannon

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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, TDG, TREX, DIS

Host: David Gardner

Guests: Jason Moser, Loren Horst

Producer: Bart Shannon

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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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 Shannon

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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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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!

Host: David Gardner

Guest: Randi Zuckerberg

Producer: Rick Engdahl

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