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1.
According to fat-pitch strategy, the purpose of holding cash instead of being invested in stocks is that you are _______.
Waiting for the stock prices of strong companies to drop. According to fat-pitch theory, fat-pitch investments are likely to provide strong growth and absolute returns over time. Thus, you can afford to wait until the prices dip.
2.
An argument against trading wide-moat company stocks often is that they are already rising in value over time, so it's more advantageous to hold them for the long term.
True. A buy-and-hold strategy works well because the odds are that the underlying value will continue increasing over time.
3.
Say you are considering two different companies to invest in. One is very risky and the other has only average risk. Which of the two would require a bigger margin of safety?
The very risky one. Given the bigger risk of loss, a bigger margin of safety will do more to protect you.
4.
If you are going to succeed at holding a concentrated portfolio of stocks (say, fewer than 20), then you should buy only wide-moat companies.
True. Companies with wide moats will increase in intrinsic value over time. Therefore, a small portfolio will generally succeed.
5.
Companies with wide economic moats tend to have _______.
Long-term staying power. Their competitive advantages help to ensure that they will survive for a long time.
