October 2026 Mailbag: The Lighthouse

The witching hour approaches! For the fifth consecutive Halloween, Motley Fool retirement expert Robert Brokamp returns to haunt Rule Breaker Investing with tales of financial terror. But this year, the ghosts of celebrity misfortunes have been replaced by something even more fri ...  Show more

It’s football season! America’s most popular sport is in full swing, at both the NFL professional level and, of course, the college professional level. And what better time to ask whether the game we love could be even better? Longtime sports journalist, coach, and baseball scout ...  Show more

After a rough start to the year, investors now seem to think the insurance company's glass is half full rather than half empty. (00:14) Kirsten Guerra and Mary Long discuss: - How experiential shopping has lifted Dick’s Sporting Goods. - Two paths forward for Kohl’s. - Why Lemona ...  Show more

On this week's show, we revisit two of our favorite interviews. Motley Fool co-founder Tom Gardner talks with Malcolm Gladwell about his book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants. And Dan Pink shares some motivational insights from his book, Driv ...  Show more

On this week's show, we revisit some of our favorite interviews on investor behavior.  Best-selling author Carl Richards talks about the benefits of the overnight test.  Christopher Chabris talks invisible gorillas.  And Dan Ariely talks investing and irrationality.  Learn mo ...  Show more