July Mailbag: The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat

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🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Investing. Business. Life. These things are full of the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. But through it all, the graph goes up and to the right.

(3:24) Hot takes from Twitter: David looks back on this month's episodes with input from the socials.
(7:48) Preview: What's in store for Authors in August.
(9:56) We're joined by Lead Analyst Tim Beyers to answer some questions about the latest changes to the premium Rule Breakers service.
(25:54) The Motley Fools's head of User Experience Research is here to talk about accessibility on Fool.dom.
(41:10) Should we be buying stocks while the market is down or putting away cash for emergencies? Robert Brokamp helps us prioritize, and then responds to a tragic story of what can happen if you don't have an estate plan.
(59:57) A long-time Fool makes beautiful music, and shines a light on the importance of the Foolish community beyond just investing advice.
(1:05) A final story about why we invest, and why financial freedom is a lifetime endeavor.

Stocks Mentioned: TTD, LULU, STNR, BAND

Host: David Gardner
Guests: Tim Beyers, Holly Fake, Robert Brokamp

Producer: Rick Engdahl

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0:00.0	If you're of a certain vintage, let's say born
0:03.8	circa 1980 or before, this phrase may well have
0:08.6	imprinted itself on your memory, especially if you're a sports fan, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.
0:17.0	While ABC's wide world of sports television show
0:21.0	led off its opening credits with this phrase.
0:24.3	Every week, I find that the phrase isn't just evocative for sports fans.
0:28.8	It applies to a lot of things.
0:30.4	I think we can all agree that life, you know, the one you're living, the one I'm living, features both the
0:36.7	thrill of victory and the agony of defeat and a life lived as an investor, someone who by definition is playing the long game by buying
0:46.1	pieces of companies and holding them through thick and thin, there's some thrill of victory
0:51.5	and agony of defeat there, certainly too. There's
0:53.3	certainly too and indeed as I reflect on this week's podcast our July
0:58.5	22 mailbag I can easily see and we'll let you know now in this week's opening credits that we have some
1:06.4	thrill of victory and some agony of defeat here too.
1:11.6	So it's July, it's 2022. It's the Rule Breaker Investing Mailbag, the thrill of victory,
1:19.2	and the agony of defeat. Only on this week's Rule Breaker Investing.
1:25.0	It's the Rule Breaker Investing Podcast with Motley Full Co-founder David Gardner.
1:32.0	Welcome back to Rule Breaker Investing.
1:36.0	You know, ABC's Wide World of Sports, which I grew up with, I was just checking Wikipedia
1:41.3	1961 to 1998. I certainly remember the voice of Jim McKay for those who
1:48.1	remember the dearly departed sports broadcaster but right through to Robin Roberts in its latter years.
1:54.4	So 27, 28 years really of broadcasting and every week at least for the years I watched it
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