In Episode 25, Luke reflects on his magnum-opus 50-day portfolio review on X, including selling $AMZN “too early” to buy a couple of cars. We debate whether that was a mistake or using money appropriately to live fully? https://twitter.com/7LukeHallard/status/1781627421243908513 Monkey wonders how Luke got through 2008 beating the market by double-digits: was it luck in owning $ISRG at the right time, or an aggressive risk profile appropriate for life-stage and life circumstances? How to Beat the Market Principle 2: Look for founder-led companies like Tesla's $TSLA Elon Musk, Crowdstrike’s $CRWD George Kurtz and Apple's $AAPL Steve Jobs. What does founder-led mean and why does that matter? Tesla earnings results included the promise of a lower-price-point entry car and a cross-roads for investors according to Musk: "Only invest in Tesla if you believe we can solve autonomy" -- is this a fair claim to make? Tesla also made vital regulatory progress in China in terms of autonomous driving which was enough for Monkey to add it to his King of the Jungle portfolio; we review and look back on our strategies and how they've played out thus far, six months into the contest. --- A humble request to all our listeners: please leave us a review on Apple or Spotify if our Wall Street Wildlife episodes have helped you become a better investor. We're still sub-scale, and it will help us a lot!---You can find more episodes of the podcast at wallstreetwildlife.com, and you can follow us at:X.com/7LukeHallardX.com/7FlyingPlatypusWall Street Wildlife is also on Instagram and Tiktok @wallstreetwildlife.---Fed up with the stock market giving you a hard time?- Invest like seasoned pros with over 40 years in the game- Discover the world's leading companies- Sharpen your best investing practices and ditch the worst- Learn how to start investing- Essential investing principles to boost your returns---investing in stocks for beginners, stock trading for beginners, stocks and shares for beginners, investing 101, learn how to invest, stock market for dummies