Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money.

From full global headquarters, this is Motley Full Money.

Welcome to Motley Full Money. Thanks for being here. I'm your host Chris Hellen.

I'm joined by Motley Full Senior Analyst Seth Jason, James Early, and Ron Grossguys.

Good to see you. We got a special show this week. It's our Easter special.

Our spring break special. Let's just treat ourselves to a few days off special.

So this week we're going to take a step back from the week's business news.

We'll be talking with Peter Simms, author of the new book Little Bets.

How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries.

And we will also dip into the archives with a couple of classic Motley Full Money interviews.

But guys, I want to kick things off this week by talking about some investing truths, some timeless investing truths.

Because the fact is that you guys don't just do this show every week.

You actually have real day jobs here at the Motley Full, running different services.

Seth, I'll start with you. You run Hidden Gems, which is our small cap service.

And you recently wrote a piece that you kicked off with the question,

what do Gandalf, Sean, the sheep, and low-risk stocks that deliver huge returns have in common?

Unfortunately, they're all fictional. Gandalf, the wizard from Tolkien's books.

It'd be so cool if he were real. Sean, the sheep, the little claymation sheep from England.

I would love to have him hanging out in my yard. Low-risk stocks deliver high returns. Completely fiction.

No such thing.

And this is something investors have to be reminded of all of the time.

If there were no risk in a stock, the price would automatically rise to the point,

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