Berkshire does not
build moats itself and it does not want to supply management.
If you've already achieved some financial milestones by your 30s and earn a strong income, you may be tempted to
build a moat around your savings and pare down your risk.
The best way to protect against that, Woodman says, is to
build a moat around the company in the form of its content ecosystem.
«Investments in mobile search, mobile cloud, location - based services and consumer produces like mobile games are helping to
build a moat around Baidu's business.»
CVS should thank their stars they're being provided a rare opportunity through this temporary exit of Amazon, to
build a moat around their business.
Building moats instead of finding new billion dollar in profits a year businesses.
To that end, the publishing industry should get behind an open format like ePub and encourage the availability of generic, commodity e-reader devices and not collaborate with someone like Amazon attempting to
build a moat with its proprietary Kindle format.
«publishing industry should get behind an open format like ePub and encourage the availability of generic, commodity e-reader devices and not collaborate with someone like Amazon attempting to
build a moat with its proprietary Kindle format.»
IF YOU REBEL ILL
BUILD A MOAT AND TO GETIN YOU NEED A TOKEN AND A MOP!
There is something really peaceful about wiggling your toes in the sand;
building a moat around a sandcastle or sitting still on the beach as waves soften the sand.
It wasn't until 1275 that Sir William de Caverswall gave his name to the property and
built the moat and the keep that still lend the castle its arresting facade.
Not exact matches
Examples he cited include: high switching costs, strong brands, patent protection, etc. (See To Keep Your Customers
Build More
Moats.)
LiveJournal was an early - mover in the blog category,
built a small but indefensible
moat based on users, and was eventually overtaken by better - funded, better - architected rivals like Blogger and WordPress.
Investing time and resources early is a great way to
build a competitive
moat around product and brand.
Castañón -
Moats is a leader who has
built her career by delivering great client service, primarily to retail, consumer, and industrial product clients.
However, its deepest
moat is surely its extensive fulfillment center network, which it's long been pouring money into
building out.
It
builds a big
moat around ESPN in terms of competition.
The bitcoin
moat is being
built even wider by Bitcoin Lightning Network, which was released this week both increasing speed and resulting in dramatically lower fees.
If the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance does its job in creating valid brand identity, Ethereum will end up
building a formidable
moat.
The bullish case for Wayfair Inc (NYSE: W) is based on the belief the online furniture retailer is
building a large enough
moat and can generate sufficient operating leverage to become highly profitable.
But companies with
moats can last generations,
building and
building upon their successes for decades.
But the relationship ended when the track owner began to lobby for slot machines and announced plans to
build a gambling «boat in a
moat» at his racetrack.
The campaign for PR has been around for a long time, but it's only since the expenses crisis that it's
built up a head of steam again, yet the Tories used a primary to select Boris Johnson for London Mayor and many of the current crop of parliamentary candidates were selected by primaries before anyone knew about duck houses and
moats.
On the Ring Road, another Stalinist creation, an eight - lane motorway that surrounded the city center in an asphalt
moat, the dozen limousines and chase cars turned north, breezing past block after block of leviathan government
buildings that heralded the new Moscow.
Brian
Moat, ’71 Plymouth Barracuda Booth: TBD All Speed Customs has
built several vehicles with worldwide popularity, including the Josh Kalis ’69 Camaro and the ’70 Firebird Blackhawk that were displayed at past SEMA Shows.
As more houses were
built, the walls were extended and a deep
moat was dug so that all could feel safe.
The number and types of
moats that can be
built to protect the existing castles and fortifications just got reduced drastically.
When it comes to stocks, a
moat is a
built - in advantage that allows a company to defend its territory and churn out high profits, not just this year, but for decades.
As another example, Munger has focused his efforts on buying
moats rather than
building them.
Books (for example Competition Demystified, Competitive Strategy, The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing, Why
Moats Matter, The Little Book That
Builds Wealth, Good Strategy Bad Strategy)
[My portfolio's clearly a life - time endeavour, so it changes v slowly, no matter how compelling turning on a dime might seem each day as the pundits mouth off] And illustrating the luck of the draw here, my most successful holding last year was actually a luxury goods stock — clearly, a company intent on
building & maintaining an economic
moat — but unfortunately it never quite made it onto the blog.
A classical value investor will not find the stock very attractive but there is no way to deny the
moat that the company has
built around its margins and the growth it has been able to generate.
You can only try to
build the best possible
moat and continuously attempt to widen it.»
When an enterprise sells the same product for generations, it has the possibility to
build an extremely powerful brand portfolio which is the basis for its economic
moat.
Secondly, I see you tend to remove R&D, Advertising, and other
moat building accounting expenses which Buffett does too and it makes sense.
Investment
Moats shows how you can
build wealth through stock market investing, dividend income investing through a value based approach.
That said, I think books that help frame this question and focus the analysis are: «Competition Demystified» (Greenwald), «The Little Book that
Builds Wealth» (Dorsey), and «Hidden Champions» (Simon), help show what makes a business superior to others (the
moat) and how wide / long a competitive advantage may be.
I think The Little Book That
Builds Wealth by pat dorsey is good introduction on how to find good business with economic
moat
We believe there was a concrete
moat that surrounded Zoo Miami when it was
built; brush could be cleared and cat fencing could be installed where needed to prevent animals from entering the property.
Taman Ayun Temple (world heritage culture) Taman Ayun Temple the Royal Family Temple in Mengwi, huge state temple of Mengwi Kingdom surrounded by a wide
moat, the temple
built in 1634.
Taman Ayun Temple Taman Ayun Temple the Royal Family Temple in Mengwi, huge state temple of Mengwi Kingdom surrounded by a wide
moat, the temple
built in 1634.
Taman Ayun Temple the Royal Family Temple in Mengwi, huge state temple of Mengwi Kingdom surrounded by a wide
moat, the temple
built in 1634.
There is not much left of the
buildings at Old Sarum, but you can walk around a few of the remains and the original ditch, a
moat surrounding the castle, is clearly visible.
Though the 13th - century fortress
built by King Philippe Augustus was destroyed, archeologists excavated the original
moat 23 feet below the Cour Carré during construction of the glass pyramid.
Built in 1638, it is surrounded by
moats fed by the Yamuna River.
Since 2010 over 100 new guest houses, small boutique hotels, restaurants, tourist souvenir shops and pubs have been
built within or near the
moat and old city walls.
Mara River Safari Lodge within the Bali Safari & Marine Park is one of the islands most unique accommodations, offering a stay in a setting that mimics the African wilderness.The 4 star lodge fulfils the fantasy for such an experience with its collection of fully air - conditioned suites
built in African safari hut styles that are adorned with wooden furnishings, earthy tones and tribal - themed artefacts.Each of these unique suites features an open - air terrace where you can admire the open artificial savannah with roaming animals.The perimeter is bordered by a protective
moat that ensures safety.
Built as an authentic Tuscan Castle it boasts: 107 distinctive rooms, Dungeon and torture chamber, courtyard with stables, drawbridge and
moat.
The last Raja of Karangasem Anak Agung Anglurah
built it around 1948 as one of his three testaments to his obsession with pools,
moats and fountains.
Minecraft is great for all ages and the
build - anything - you - want game becomes rather addictive as you hide in fortresses and peek out at invading mobs of spiders, skeletons and green creepers trying to make their way over your creative fire
moat.