At Morningstar Conference, Analysts Ponder If Apple Is Losing Its Moat

Is high-flying Apple Computer losing its cache? At a Wednesday presentation discussing business moats at the Morningstar ETF Conference in Chicago, the computer company with its once? dominating strong network effect with the iPhone, and long appreciated for its product innovation, was questioned on a going forward basis as a panel considered the impact of the unique competitive advantages “moats” offer investors. [singleton] Five fundamental moat factors include intangible assets, cost advantage, strong network effect, efficient scale, switching cost Andrew Lane, Chairman of Morningstar’s Moat Committee, looks at Apple Computer the way one might look at 5 day old flowers…