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.
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10 Years Later: 5 Low-Risk Stocks for the Next Year
en years ago, amid plenty of bearish sentiment, David did something unique in the history of his 5-Stock Samplers: he picked five stocks specifically to beat the market o
Sep 9 46 min
Old, New, Borrowed & Blue, Vol. 11
Every once in a while, Rule Breaker Investing sets aside the theme and embraces the hodgepodge. Something Old, something New, something Borrowed, something Blue—four dire
Sep 2 34 min
August 2026 Mailbag: The Scores We Keep
After three weeks of Authors in August, the authors step aside and Rule Breaker listeners take the conversation somewhere new.
A middle-school teacher wrestles with what
Aug 26 35 min
Authors in August: Dave Ulrich & Why We Work
Why do we work? A paycheck matters, of course. And, when so much of life is spent working, might we reasonably hope for something more?Closing out the ninth year of Autho
Aug 19 1 h 14 min
Authors in August: Vasant Dhar & “Thinking With Machines”
Artificial intelligence may feel suddenly everywhere, but AI pioneer Vasant Dhar has had a front-row seat for more than four decades—teaching AI, building companies aroun
Aug 12 1 h 11 min
Authors in August: Thi Nguyen’s “The Score”
Authors in August is back! It’s our 9th year featuring authors of books that David loves and thinks you’ll love too.
So for the third time, philosopher and game scholar
Aug 5 1 h 02 min
July 2026 Mailbag: Year Twelve Begins
As Rule Breaker Investing enters its twelfth year, it is fitting to hand the microphone back to the people who have helped shape it from the very beginning: our listeners
Jul 29 48 min
Five Idle Thoughts of a Summer’s Day, Vol. 3
It’s become something of a midsummer tradition on Rule Breaker Investing: set aside the markets for a week and simply follow curiosity wherever it leads.This year’s sampl
Jul 22 44 min
10 Years Later: 5 Brexit-Inspired Stocks
In the anxious days following Brexit, rather than predict the future, David asked a different question: Where are the opportunities? The result was a five-stock sampler b
Jul 16 48 min
Great Quotes, Vol. 22: A Nation Forever Young
Every so often, five quotations come along that don’t merely make you nod. They make you stop, put the book down, and think.This week we explore why the best investors fi
Jul 8 46 min
What You’ve Done to Create Financial Freedom, Vol. 4
Each Independence Week, Rule Breaker Investing asks a simple question: What have you done over the past year to create financial freedom—for yourself or for others? This
Jul 1 34 min
June 2026 Mailbag: “Do You Know Its Market Cap?”
This month’s Mailbag ranges from Washington, D.C. to Germany, from the SEC to the moon, and from individual stock ownership to the deeper question of what freedom is actu
Jun 24 44 min
Market Cap Game Show: The King-Sharon Rule Debuts
The Market Cap Game Show returns for its 42nd installment, with longtime Motley Fool personalities Charly Travers and Jason Moser battling for a coveted spot in next Marc
Jun 17 1 h 06 min
Stock Stories, Vol. 12: Time Travel Investing
For the twelfth time, we gather around the campfire for one of RBI’s favorite traditions: Stock Stories. Five Fools. Five investing lessons. This summer’s tales share a s
Jun 10 48 min
I Fought The Law (And The Law Won), Vol. 3
Why do some organizations seem unable to solve the very problems they were created to fix? Why do seemingly rational people end up chasing the wrong goals? And why does o
Jun 3 37 min
May 2026 Mailbag: Divvy-Pops, Jellybeans & the Kids of Kopachuk
What happens when Nvidia’s annual dividend suddenly exceeds David’s original Motley Fool cost basis—six times over? This month’s Mailbag brings back a Foolish old term, “
May 27 49 min
60 Thoughts As I Turn 60
To mark his 60th birthday, David delivers what may be the most distilled episode in Rule Breaker Investing history: 20 thoughts about investing, 20 about business, and 20
May 20 1 h 01 min
What You Have Learned from David Gardner, Vol. 7
Once a year, around David’s birthday, listeners send in notes sharing what they’ve learned from this podcast over the years—about investing, business, and life. This year
May 13 44 min
10 Years Later: 5 Winners in a Thinking World
What happens when you actually do the thing most investors only talk about… and hold stocks for a full decade? This week, David welcomes The Motley Fool’s Tim Beyers and
May 6 56 min
April 2026 Mailbag: Harbor, Hawthorne & Higher-or-Lower
From buying in thirds instead of waiting for dips, to a dishwasher hack that still requires the humans to remember the hack, to one listener’s beautifully rebalanced “har
Apr 29 40 min
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One of my favorite parts of investing is that it can lead one to be more interested and curious about so many areas of life. This podcast shares that same belief. Yes, there is plenty of hands-on, actionable advice on companies and finance, but David Gardner also introduces listeners to new authors, thought leaders, and ideas that can help us live more fulfilling lives.
bluestud · Feb 2024
David Gardner is more than that. He's thoughtful, curious, rigorous,and occasionally silly. But his track record speaks for itself. And I can't think of another investor on his level who shares his thinking on a weekly basis like this (for years!) like him. Can't imagine anyone listening to this show and NOT becoming smarter about investing.
Marketing Exec. · May 2022
The host of the podcast (David) is genuinely interested in helping his listeners. The more you listen to the podcast, the more obvious it becomes. Yes, he started the Motley Fool and he talks about his company from time to time. It is a obvious that he is proud of The Fool (and he should be), but at no time have I ever felt pressured to purchase the services his company offers. There is not any sales pitches or high pressure talk at all. This Podcast is just about enriching the listeners lives. Their is obviously a lot of investing talks and topics, which are highly informative, but so much more. Games games games comes to mind along with having authors on that give great life advice! If you are new to investing or if you have been doing it for 30+years this is a great podcast to listen to every week!!
Left Coast Tiger · Apr 2022
"The Year The Market Skyrocketed" was a brilliant bookend to the episode from 2 years ago, "The Day The Market Crashed". David Gardner's straightforward principles of investing make him one of the great investors of the past 25 years. His podcast is a weekly gift for any investor smart enough to take it.
Listening in the DMV · Feb 2022
I generally like the Motley Fool but this podcast is rough. Host is super long winded and self references 30 years of Motley history incessantly. Meanwhile the organization's other podcast is much better. It provides actual, concise insight on businesses, stocks, and industry trends. Skip this one and listen to that one.
ALCinDC · Mar 2024
The recent episode about crypto was quite a disappointment. You interviewed a journalist who does not have a grasp of cryptocurrencies other than what is reported in mainstream media. The facts were incorrect. For example, Bitcoin has outperformed the S&P and Nasdaq for the 2023 calendar year. The journalist did not present a neutral perspective that outlined the positives and negatives, but rather focused only on the negatives. It was quite a disappointing episode. I expect better from a Rule Breaker. Please have a guest that has more knowledge about the content.
shaun786 · Jul 2023
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