{"podcast":{"title":"Rule Breaker Investing","slug":"rule-breaker-investing-3297","podcast_index_feed_id":3297,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ARML2428817190","website_url":"https://www.fool.com/podcasts/rule-breaker-investing","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/fa83110c-2c28-11f0-88b6-1f9bd2612b47/image/9d015ab91325e742144ada8f7150f4ea.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Motley Fool","episode_count":607,"summary":"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. Pre-order David's new book, Rule Breaker Investing, to dive deeper into these game-changing principles: https://lnk.to/rulebreakerinvesting","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T06:19:21.137767+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rule-breaker-investing-3297"},"episode":{"title":"Essays From Yesterday, Vol. 8","slug":"essays-from-yesterday-vol-8","published_at":"2026-01-07T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rule-breaker-investing-3297/essays-from-yesterday-vol-8","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rule-breaker-investing-3297","url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3585423175.mp3?updated=1767770998","audio_url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3585423175.mp3?updated=1767770998","summary":"As we open 2026, David looks backward to get clearer about what really matters going forward. In the eighth installment of Essays From Yesterday, he revisits four Rule Breaker essays written between 2006 and 2014—spanning market sell-offs, forgotten drawdowns, early buyouts, language that shapes behavior, and the enduring power of mindset. Along the way, we’re reminded that sharp declines happen more often than we remember, that short-term scorecards mislead, and that a handful of great winners can overwhelm many mistakes. This lesson-filled episode makes the case for capital “H” History as an investor’s secret weapon—and for why perspective, patience, and precise thinking continue year after year to crush the stock market averages. • (5:02) Introduction to July 2006 Issue • (15:55) The Tim Beyers Issue • (27:42) Greatest Issue Ever • (37:26) Starter Stocks Companies mentioned: AKAM, APKT, CRM, GOOG, ISRG, MELI, NILE, PDLI, QLIK Host: David GardnerProducer: Bart Shannon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"As we open 2026, David looks backward to get clearer about what really matters going forward. In the eighth installment of Essays From Yesterday, he revis…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3201,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rule-breaker-investing-3297/episodes/essays-from-yesterday-vol-8/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rule-breaker-investing-3297/essays-from-yesterday-vol-8.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}