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"Rule Breaker Investing" Essays From Yesterday, Vol. 6

The Motley Fool

From reflections on the volatility of 2007-08, to introducing new terms like "Big Dumb Money," and thoughts on building mental frameworks for investing, David reacts to his past essays with fresh insights for today's markets. I know 2007 wasn't great for investors. The first is, I didn't even remember 2007 almost zeroed out.

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Transcript: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton

The Big Picture

RITHOLTZ: So were you — in the early days, it was mutual funds it was SMAs, what were you guys doing? That new name of the company became Franklin Templeton. So it was Franklin, along with mutual fund pioneer Sir John Templeton. You have half the number of public companies that you had in 2000.

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Gratitude: 2024

The Motley Fool

Now, I want to note four times over the past 20 years, the company split its stock, two for one in 2006, three for two in 2007, four for one in 2021, and 10 for one in 2024. By October 2007, the stock was making me look good as it tipped the scales at 120. Let's go through the story then. The stocks at 60. Think about it.

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Transcript: Michael Carmen, Wellington

The Big Picture

At one point in time, Jack Bogle, founder of, of Vanguard was chairman of their mutual funds. Just really a fascinating history from, from a private company to a public company back to a, a partnership. 00:07:33 [Speaker Changed] So when I, my first fund that I ran when I was at Montgomery was a mutual fund.

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Transcript: Heather Brilliant, Diamond Hill

The Big Picture

All of their portfolio managers not only are substantial investors in each of their funds, but they do a disclosure year that shows each manager by name and how much money they have invested in their own fund. I wish more mutual funds and ETFs showed that data. What’s it like running a public company?