April 2025 Mailbag: Better Than it Seems

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🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Tariffs, corruption, political posturing... it's no wonder that the market is crashing! But wait, is it? Back up that graph a bit and the market is still near all-time highs. In today's mailbag we strive to find happiness, maintain rational optimism, and see through the dark clouds plaguing the headlines. Plus, some tips on diversifying your portfolio, voting with your wallet, and challenging the umpire.

Companies mentioned: DUOL, GE, ISRG, MELI, NFLX, PLTR, RKLB, TOST

Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl

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0:00.0	Tariffs. Market drops. Market rises. Where to find happiness? Optimism? Some recent stocks I like.
0:08.8	It's a motley episode. And maybe that's because, well, you drove it. Your notes to our email address,
0:14.9	RBI at fool.com. Your tweets to our Twitter X account at RBI podcast. At the end of every month, we pop open both of those
0:23.1	things, RBI at fool.com and at RBI podcast, and we see what's on your mind. And I respond, doing my
0:30.2	best out here. It's the rule breaker investing mailbag. This is the 114th consecutive monthly mailbag
0:36.0	in our podcast's history. And yeah, just like all the others,
0:40.1	it's driven by you. Thanks. Let's talk. Only on this week's Rule Breaker Investing.
0:47.1	It's the Rule Breaker Investing podcast with Motley Full co-founder, David Gardner.
0:54.8	All right. Let's look over the month that was.
0:57.8	I opened up April with essays from yesterday, Volume 7, where I randomized from past writings
1:03.8	and forced myself to read what I wrote, whether it was five years ago or 15 years ago,
1:08.4	and comment on it always fun.
1:10.6	And then, my friend, I hope yours
1:12.4	to Paul Rice, founder of Fair Trade USA, join me talking about his book, Every Purchase Matters
1:18.3	on April 9th, April 16th. Chat GBT, GBT asks and David answers volume three. I had a lot
1:25.3	of fun with the softball, the hard ball, the curve ball,
1:28.9	the screwball, and the knuckle ball. The chat, GPT, threw me about Rule Breaker investing in the
1:34.2	middle of this month. Hope you enjoyed that, too. And then speaking of sports, breaking the rules of
1:38.9	sports with my friend Kimball Crosley last week, as we questioned openly some of the ways that we think
1:45.8	the media and the public at large misapprehend what's happening out there on the field.
1:51.4	Is there really momentum? Is that really a factor that drives the next shot or swing or not?
1:59.2	Well, I hope you enjoyed it, especially if you're a sports fan, Kimball and me last week.
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