Shares with sustainable market advantage

Discussion in 'Share Investing Strategies, Theories & Education' started by Simon, 24th May, 2007.

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  1. Simon

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    Just reading through the New Buffetology Book atm.

    Current chapter talks about shares with a sustainable competitive advantage ie shares that have a monopoly in the marketplace or such brand awareness that noone can compete with them.

    ASX comes to mind immediately.

    Big four banks and WOW also are worth considering.

    Anyone have any to add to this list?

    Is just a mental exercise at this stage.

    Cheers,
     
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    Macquarie Airports trust (MAP).
     
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    I think ASX fits the theory, it's a monopoly and a high entry level for competitor. Buffet also believe in buying stock at a good price.
     
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    I would add

    CPU
    PPT
    RIO & BHP
    TOL
    CTX
    TLS
    AMP
    BLD
    JHX
    HIL

    I also like the combo of SUN, IAG and QBE.

    I am a bank, insurance and retail junkie though.

    Not making the cut are GUD, FGL and LNN.
     
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    I am actually going to see him speak at a presentation this week. I also offered to take them for a drink afterwards so hopefully I will be able to really learn from them.

    But Clime does sound like something worth following up.
     
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    Regarding Clime -
    One of their main value choices is The Reject Shop.
    But I struggle to invest in a retail chain that I would never step into... but that's just me.
    Roger Montgomery seems to be the Everywhere Man at the moment - he even popped up on Four Corners tonight - I think he's a very good self-promoter. Maybe he wants to be the next Kerr Neilson?
     
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    Normally I would agree with including MAP, however, concerns have started to surface regarding Macquarie and its off-shoots.

    See PM - Investor questions Mac Bank strategy

    Is Macquarie's strategy of buying assets and throwing them into a fund sustainable? Maybe, maybe not...

    Steve
     
  11. Simon

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    Unfortunately I couldn't make it due to an unexpected family emergency.

    Did anyone from here attend and can provide a few points from Mr Montgomery?
     
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    I went to the 'Value Investing' talk in Perth a few weeks back. The Clime message is a mix of "We have a better valuation model that leads us to find exceptional value in the share market" (ASX-listed only), and "We have a lovely tool called StockVal that helps us do it, and you can use it too (fine print: for $1500 a year...)"

    Like I said above, Roger M seems to be a very shrewd marketer - he has a persuasive style that demands you listen. Now StockVal is undoubtedly a very powerful tool that allows company performance to be scrutinised, but looking for value going forward, StockVal is only as good as the forecast performance entered.

    Now I won't claim that my forecasting is better than anyone else's. Can Clime?
    (Of course, RM has significantly more experience in this than me, and furthermore Clime have a team of people doing the analysis; but isn't that what all fund managers do?)

    But! The Clime 'Performance' portfolio has shown some very nice recent returns (although it took a bit of time to get started... 0% June '04 - June '05, but 70% April '05 to April '07). So they're doing something right.

    By the way, Clime Capital ASX code is CAM. Some attractive recent dividends (incl specials, these will need to be looked into further).
     
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    I should add:

    One thing that RM said was that the market is the guy sitting next to you... meaning that there is no significant effect of market advantage. Unlike the horse races, I suppose...

    That is, you have as much chance at finding value as the next guy, and that the ASX is just a meeting house for investors and punters alike. I guess the message is to ignore momentum and search for value, and exploit the momentum and buy when it pushes price below value, and sell when the fundamentals break down (RM is an advocate of buy and hold, but an unemotional seller if the incremental ROE starts going south or management get carried away with themselves).
     
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    Isn't CAM trading at a PE of 9-10 or so, whereas Platinum is in the high 20's? I find that interesting...