Getting Started with David Gardner

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🗓️ 28 July 2015

⏱️ 25 minutes

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David Gardner, co-founder of The Motley Fool, on his investing philosophy, how he got started, and the etymology of the word “investor.” Plus Dayana’s update on her Comcast bill and why a Harvard economics professor says investing is really, really hard, even for him.

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0:00.0	This is Motley Full Answers. I'm Alison Southwick and I am joined again by Robert Brokamp
0:08.6	and Diana Yolk.
0:09.8	It's true. Hi, everybody.
0:11.6	Hello.
0:12.6	Hey, party people.
0:13.6	So this week we have a very special guest. I don't want to make it sound like our other
0:17.2	guests weren't special. But anyway, it's David Gardner, co-founder of the
0:22.9	Motley Fool and one of the greatest investors of our time. He's here to talk about how he got
0:27.0	started and his philosophy for finding market pummeling. I think I can say pummeling stocks.
0:32.2	Yeah. Yeah. Also, Deanna put our CFO's negotiation advice to work with Comcast, and she's going to report
0:39.4	back on the results.
0:40.4	All this and more on this week's episode of Molly Full Answers.
0:46.5	So here's what we're talking about this week, and it's from the old great lady, the New
0:51.1	York Times.
0:52.1	It was a piece by Sendel Malaynathan.
0:55.2	Sure.
0:56.2	I always feel bad when I putcher people's names, but I think I came pretty close. And he
1:01.3	is a Harvard economist, and he had an embarrassing confession to make, which was, Robert?
1:09.0	Investing is hard. And the interesting thing is he is very smart.
1:14.6	He's a winner of the MacArthur Genius Award.
1:18.6	So, measurably,
1:21.6	smart guy.
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