来源:雪球App,作者: 王冠亚,(https://xueqiu.com/4525540121/311511239)
巴菲特致股东的信原文精读Day517:
原文:But as happens in Wall Street all too often, what the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end. In the last few years zero-coupon bonds (and their functional equivalent, pay-in-kind bonds, which distribute additional PIK bonds semi-annually as interest instead of paying cash) have been issued in enormous quantities by ever-junkier credits. To these issuers, zero (or PIK) bonds offer one overwhelming advantage: It is impossible to default on a promise to pay nothing. Indeed, if LDC governments had issued no debt in the 1970’s other than long-term zero-coupon obligations, they would now have a spotless record as debtors.(1989)
释义:1.“pay-in-kind”意为“实物支付”;
2.“LDC”意为“最不发达国家(Least developed country)”;“spotless”意为“无污点的”。
精译:但正如华尔街经常发生的那样,智者开头,愚者收尾。在过去的几年里,越来越多的信贷不良的企业,发行了大量的零息债券(以及功能相同的PIK债券,即实物支付债券,这种债券每半年发放一次额外的PIK债券作为利息,而不是支付现金)。对于这些发行人来说,零息或PIK债券提供了一个极大的好处:因为无须支付利息,债券发行人根本不可能违约。事实上,如果在20世纪70年代,最不发达国家政府除了长期零息债券外没有发行任何债券,它们至今的信用记录将无可挑剔。(1989)
心得:智者开头,愚者收尾,这是我们常常会看到的现象。比如说2024年9月以来的A股上涨,聪明的投资者是在9月以前就“埋伏”其中,所以完美地抓住了这一波上涨;而无脑的投资者则是10月8日才反应过来,冲进来高位接盘,自然也不可能赚到钱。
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