This post will discuss Costco moat and the differences between Costco and other retail competitors. Please read the first the article I wrote a few days ago about Costco, “How does Costco make money?”.
Category: Charlie Munger
Investment knowledge required is breadth, not depth as most people think
Investment knowledge required is breadth, not depth as most people think. Why most engineers can’t get rich by investing?
Problems with Cigar Butt Investment
Cigar Butt Investment. Most investors who have a little research on Buffett may know that Buffett used his own investment in the early stage of his investment career, especially during the Warren Buffett partnership that had not yet established Berkshire (ticker:s: BRK.A and BRK.B), is his mentor Graham’s “Cigar Butt Investment Method” means:
Thinking cannot be outsourced
Thinking cannot be outsourced. Investment is a marathon of life, and we must persist to the end. In section 1-1, of my book “The Rules of Super Growth Stocks Investing”, I pointed out 8 key points of a simple roadmap for stock investment for investors
Invest success depends on less chance of making mistakes
Invest success depends on less chance of making mistakes, For the definition of risk, I think Buffett’s statement is the most appropriate: “the possibility of loss or injury.” (from: BRK Annual Meeting 1994) and “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.”
The importance of circle of competence
Circle of competence. Since Buffett and Munger proposed that investors should pay attention to and limit their investment scope within their own ability circle (in fact, Peter Lin District has also mentioned similar views, interested readers can look at my blog for his book I wrote a brief introduction
The biggest risk to hold Chinese stocks, taking Alibaba and Tencent as examples
The biggest risk to hold Chinese stocks, taking Alibaba and Tencent as examples
Non-quantitative factors determine success or failure of an investment
Non-quantitative factors determine success or failure of an investment. People overemphasize the importance of science and numbers in investment, as I mentioned in the book “The Rules of Super Growth Stocks Investing”, section 1-1. Investment is a not a science but an art in the economic field under sociology, which is more related to humanities
Why concentrated investment?
Why concentrated investment?
Great companies are rare, two or three will make you very rich
Good companies are rare, two or three will make you very rich. Take Texas Instruments as an example