Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...

Companies whose leadership treats every strategic choice as a moat decision will be the ones that create durable shareholder ...

Explore top wide-moat stocks built for long-term success. Learn how to invest and decide whether these durable businesses belong in your portfolio.

Morningstar’s former head of equity research on what investors get wrong with moats, what to look for in company management, why quantitative screens are less useful than they were, and the process he ...

On this episode of The Long View, Pat Dorsey, founder of Dorsey Asset Management and previous director of equity research for Morningstar, discusses the development and definition of economic moats, ...

What separates a truly defensible business from the rest? According to Morningstar's Allen Good and Brian Colello, it often comes down to network effects - one of the most powerful sources of economic ...

Popularized by Warren Buffett, this strategy focuses on businesses capable of maintaining strong long-term profitability through strengths such as unique market positions, powerful brand loyalty, cost ...

Edinburgh Investment Trust aims to deliver an attractive long-term total return of both income and capital growth. This enables Edinburgh to meet its objectives, which are to exceed the total return ...

With the S&P going flat for nearly two quarters and recently slipping just north of 3% from its highs, the market certainly feels "toppy," and the negative headlines predicting some sort of near-term ...

Moat Index gained 1.2% in January, aided by industrials and staples as leadership broadened beyond mega-cap tech. Huntington Ingalls, Entegris, and Applied Materials led gains, driven by defense ...

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (NYSEARCA:MOAT) is down about 7% so far in 2026, yet it has returned roughly 9% over the past year and 259% over the past decade. Near-term pressure against a durable ...