Is There a Competitive Advantage in a Business?

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When I read this book, it made me think that we're often taught that good investments are ones that you just look for good businesses with high return on invested capital. But then your approach describes that no, mean reversion actually means that it's likely that those businesses will do better. The challenge is you have to know what game you're playing. If you are a quality investor, if you like buying those high return type businesses, if that's what you've been trained to do, then you should be spending your time thinking about competitive advantages.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

02:52 - Breaking down Warren Buffett’s strategy of “buying down wonderful companies at a fair price.”
02:52 - What the Acquirer's Multiple Investing strategy is.
08:35 - Why enterprise value is more useful than market cap to value stocks.
08:35 -The benefits of the Acquirer's multiple strategy vs Warren Buffett value investing strategy.
16:42 - How mean reversion works, what companies and financial metrics typically exhibit mean reversion.
29:28 - Why a competitive advantage is key for a company to sustain a high ROIC.
40:55 - What are things that investors mistake as being moats or sustainable advantages?
50:58 - How to implement this strategy and use the Acquirer's multiple stock screener.
And much, much more!

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BOOKS AND RESOURCES

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Tobias Carlisle’s book The Acquirer’s Multiple.
Tobias Carlisle’s book Deep Value.
Tobias Carlisle’s book Quantitative Value.
The Acquirer’s Podcast.
The Acquirer’s Multiple.
The Acquirer’s Fund.
Related Episode: Deep Value Investing W/ Tobias Carlisle - MI025.
Related Episode: Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, And Berkshire Hathaway W/ Adam Mead - MI084.

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