In this Investor Bootcamp episode on The Australian Investors Podcast, Owen Rask dives deep into competitive advantages, otherwise known as "moats".

Topics covered include:

• What is a moat?
• Morningstar's 5 moat ratings:
• Network effects
• Efficient scale
• Intangible assets
• Cost advantage
• Switching costs
• Where wide, narrow and no moat companies are found
• How moats are measured (ROIC - WACC)
• Why the airline industry sucks... capital away from investors
• How dominant wide-moat companies like Microsoft or Xero can grow more powerful as they grow
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Some of companies mentioned include:

• Xero Limited (ASX: XRO)
• Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT)
• Qantas Airways (ASX: QAN)
• Virgin Airways
• Flight Centre Travel Management Ltd (ASX: FLT)
• Woolworths Ltd (ASX: WOW)
• Coles Group (ASX: COL)
• APA Group (pipeline operator)

Download Owen's Investor Bootcamp training manual: https://bit.ly/rask-analyst

Resources:

• Please see the investor bootcamp for images & graphics
• Book: Gorilla Game: Investing in High Techonology
• Books from Porter: Competitive Strategy (1980), Competitive Advantage (1985) and Harvard Business Review’s 10 Must Reads – On Strategy
• David Gardner Snap Test
• Owen's Value Investor Program

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Date recorded: 13th of May 2022

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