Calculating Risk Foolishly, Vol. 4: ETSY vs. DUOL
In this Rule Breaker Investing podcast, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner is joined by Motley Fool analysts Alicia Alfiere and Yasser El-Shimy to walk through his full 25-point risk rating system, a framework he's used for more than a decade to replace vague labels like "medium risk" with something concrete and measurable.
Using and Duolingo as live 2026 case studies, the trio scores each company question by question -- covering the business, financials, competition, leadership, and the investor's own willingness to dig deeper. Along the way, listeners get a deeper look at how studying risk is really about studying quality -- and how seeing risk clearly with a number is just another way Rule Breaker investors can learn to break the rules.
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