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Rule Breaker Investing

9 Foolish Truths I Hold to Be Self-Evident: 2025

Rule Breaker Investing

The Motley Fool

Business, Investing, Invest, Rulebreaker, Stocks, Company, Growth, Stockmarket, Fool, Foolish

4.5928 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Today is that day—once every two years—when this podcast goes back to basics and we restate and recommit to the eternal verities David sees in business, in investing, and in Rule Breaker Investing. So put down those oars, join us aboard our sailboat, and let the winds guide you back toward these valuable core beliefs. Whether you’re well steeped in Foolishness or at the beginning stages of your investing journey, these are nine foundational truths not to be forgotten. Stocks Mentioned: AMZN, GOOG, HUBS, ISRG, MELI, MRNA, NFLX, PFE, SBUX Sign up for The Motley Fool’s Breakfast News here:⁠www.fool.com/breakfastnews⁠ Order David’s Rule Breaker Investing book here:⁠ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1804091219/⁠ Host: David Gardner Producer: Bart Shannon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Do you know the phrase the eternal verities, the things that have the state or quality of being true?

0:06.6

Maybe you know some of them, like truth, right and wrong, good and evil, hope, love, compassion.

0:13.8

You might have your own, though. To live up to the phrase, they will need to be eternal, and of course, they need to be true.

0:20.6

But what are the eternal verities

0:22.6

in the world of money in investing specifically but also in business well every two years on this

0:29.3

podcast i bring you nine foolish truths that i hold to be self-evident things that i believe

0:35.1

that i hope you believe things that I believe you should believe,

0:40.3

truths that I want to make sure I don't forget to state and occasionally restate, reemphasize,

0:46.0

at least every two years. And indeed, it was eight years ago this week and then six years ago

0:52.1

and then four and then two years ago this very week on

0:55.4

this podcast that I've last spoken these, which means checking my Apple Watch here, which means,

1:01.4

yeah, the time has come once again. Time for really one of my most important podcasts that I ever

1:08.7

do for you. It's time for nine foolish truths I hold to be self-evident

1:13.9

this week only on Rule Breaker Investing. It's the Rule Breaker Investing podcast with Motley Full co-founder,

1:23.2

David Gardner. Welcome back to Rule Breaker Investing.

1:29.6

What are we doing this week?

1:30.7

Well, I want to go back, as I mentioned, and restate some of the classic Rule

1:34.9

breaker points, stories, basics, especially for those of you who may be new, who've never

1:41.7

seen all of these laid out on the table for you, displayed in full,

1:45.8

so that you can dine at this table surrounded by rule breakers and know how we think and what we do.

1:53.0

Well, long-time listeners have heard me say this before after you do several hundred podcasts,

1:58.3

and this is, by my reckoning, brand new consecutive weekly podcast number

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