

Rule Breaker Investing
The Motley Fool
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.Click here to pre-order David's new book, Rule Breaker Investing, to dive deeper into these game-changing principles.
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May 4, 2016 • 26min
Five Winners in a Thinking World
Today we present five stocks that are poised to win in the
information economy – or as David puts it, the thinking
economy. Tomorrow’s leading enterprises must be able to acquire
knowledge, apply analytics, and use creativity every day to
succeed, and these companies do that in spades! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 27, 2016 • 26min
April Mailbag: Portfolio Management, Business vs. Stock Performance, and More
How to manage a Rule Breaker portfolio, why a company's
performance matters more than its stock's, thoughts
on company buy backs, and more. Plus, was Kris Jenkin's
last-second shot to win the NCAA National Championship really
clutch? Fools weigh-in on the April mailbag
episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 20, 2016 • 25min
What The Top 3 Stocks of 2015 Have In Common
Investing is about looking forward, not back, but we can always learn by examining our winners. Last year’s top 3 stocks in the S&P 500 were Netflix, Amazon, and Activision Blizzard. Today we explore what they have in common, and what they teach us about finding tomorrow’s winners. Also, we want to know your FANG score! Add it up on today’s RBI Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 13, 2016 • 29min
How Sports-Talk Radio Makes You a Better Investor (Part 2 of 2)
Wrapping up this two-part series on investing through the lens of sports, David presents five examples of misguided thinking that are frequently repeated in sports and then draws a direct analogy between each of those and a similarly bad investing cliché. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 6, 2016 • 24min
How Sports-Talk Radio Makes You a Better Investor (Part 1 of 2)
March brought us the Madness of college basketball, and April, opening day for Major League Baseball. In this two-part series, David describes his love of sports and cross-overs between that and investing. You can become a better investor by outthinking sports-talk analysts with their clichés and threadbare thinking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 30, 2016 • 27min
March Mailbag
As always, the last show of the month is mailbag time! Today David answers your questions about risk ratings, conscious capitalism, and when to sell stocks. Then we go Down Under to hear from an awesome Aussie Fool on international investing. Submit your own question for next month's mailbag on Twitter (@RBIPodcast) or by email (rbi@fool.com). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 23, 2016 • 18min
Great Quotes, Vol. 2
Investing books are all well and good, but life offers myriad sources of more inspiring material. Today David turns to gurus and geeks to find investing lessons that you probably won't learn in business school. This is the second entry in our recurring Great Quotes series which debuted last December. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 16, 2016 • 28min
Calculating Risk Foolishly: CRI vs. VA (3/3)
It's week 3 of Risk Month here at the RBI Podcast, and today we wrap up with points #21 - #25 of our risk scoring system. With these final questions we turn up the Foolishness and break a few of our own rules! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 9, 2016 • 28min
Calculating Risk Foolishly: CRI vs. VA (2/3)
March is Risk Month here at the RBI Podcast, and today we continue with points #11 - #20 of our quantitative investment risk scoring system. The competition, the stock, and the management get the spotlight this time, along with a little secret sauce involving The Motley Fool's premium services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 2, 2016 • 29min
Calculating Risk Foolishly: CRI vs. VA (1/3)
As promised, March is Risk Month here at the RBI Podcast, and today David lays out the structure of his unique 25-point system for quantifying the risk levels of your investments. This is not just a nebulous “high, medium, low” rating; rather, this is a methodical scoring system that you can use yourself to assess the long-term safety of the companies you love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices