Heather Brilliant co-authored the book Why Moats Matter during her tenure at Morningstar. She is now CEO & President of Diamond Hill, an Ohio-based investment firm, where Krishna Mohanraj is an International Portfolio Manager. In the episode, these domain experts help us widen our intelligence of economic moats - a concept that truly matters when investing.

For more info about the podcast, go to the episode page.

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Episode Chapters

(00:11) - Intro by Eddie & Niklas

(05:08) - Intro to Heather Brilliant & Krishna Mohanraj

(10:07) - Biases when investing

(18:13) - Why moats matter

(27:08) - Moats and investment strategy at Diamond Hill

(45:16) - Investing in the Nordics and in "local" brands

(49:06) - Dealing with rapidly surging stocks

(54:46) - Moat trends and capital allocation

(1:01:19) - Pricing power and long-termism

(1:08:14) - Building moats in investment management

(1:13:48) - How to manage your time

(1:19:13) - Reading habits and book recommendations

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Books Mentioned

Why Moats Matter: The Morningstar Approach to Stock Investing - Heather Brilliant & Elisabeth Collins (2014)

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World - Cal Newport (2016)

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies - Jim Collins (1994)

A Country in the Moon: Travels in Search of the Heart of Poland - Michael Moran (2008)

Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You - Frances Frei & Anne Morriss (2020)

How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices - Annie Duke (2020)

Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit - Alex Edmans (2020)

You Can Be a Stock Market Genius - Joel Greenblatt (1997)

Intelligent Investor - Benjamin Graham (1949)

Security Analysis - Benjamin Graham (1934)

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Companies Mentioned

Berkshire Hathaway - $BRK.A

HDFC Bank - $HDFCBANK

Howden Joinery Group - $HWDN

Assa Abloy - $ASSA.B

Sampo - $SAMPO

Unilever - $ULVR

Blackberry - $BB

Fairfax Financial - $FFH

Diageo - $DGE

TSMC - $TSM

Costco - $COST

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More on Heather Brilliant & Krishna Mohanraj

Diamond Hill's website: https://www.diamond-hill.com/

Heather's twitter: https://twitter.com/BrilliantHeath

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Disclaimer

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