I would tell my younger self that only a few of your investments are gonna be

really transformative. A lot of value for Warren Buffett has been created with

just Geico and Apple. You take just Geico and Apple. You have massive amount of

wealth for Warren Buffett. But in order to find those two, he had to turn over a lot

of rocks. He had to try a lot of things. He got in there, stamps. He got into, he

bought and sold a lot of things. He got into craft hines. You know, he made a

mistake there. He's constantly the artist is experimenting with all the

materials. But really, it's gonna be a few companies less than 10 that make up

most of the value of your portfolio.

I'm Mary Long and that's Motley Full CEO and co-founder Tom Gardner. Back in

August, full contributor Brian Stoffel caught up with Tom to answer questions from

Motley Full members about starter stock picks, why we find value in giving

Motley advice and lessons learned from decades of investing. Today on Motley Full

Money, we're giving you a taste of our premium content. Brian and Tom's full

conversation originally aired on Stock Advisor Roundtable, our monthly

member exclusive podcast. That show focuses on fullish recommendations and takes

a deeper dive into the businesses that we cover. Tom appears on bonus

episodes of Stock Advisor Roundtable to discuss what's new in the Stock Advisor

universe and to answer questions sent in from Motley Full members.

All right, well with that, let's dive into our questions and question number one

is one that I am very interested to hear your answer on all offer mine as

well and it is. I have a question for both Brian and Tom. If someone is a new

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