来源:雪球App,作者: 王冠亚,(https://xueqiu.com/4525540121/313018865)
巴菲特致股东的信原文精读Day526:
原文:Wall Street welcomed this invention with the enthusiasm less-enlightened folk might reserve for the wheel or the plow. Here, finally, was an instrument that would let the Street make deals at prices no longer limited by actual earning power. The result, obviously, would be more transactions: Silly prices will always attract sellers. And, as Jesse Unruh might have put it, transactions are the mother’s milk of finance.
The zero-coupon or PIK bond possesses one additional attraction for the promoter and investment banker, which is that the time elapsing between folly and failure can be stretched out. This is no small benefit. If the period before all costs must be faced is long, promoters can create a string of foolish deals—and take in lots of fees—before any chickens come home to roost from their earlier ventures.(1989)
释义:1.“elapsing”意为“流逝”;
2.“chickens come home to roost”意为“自食其果”。
精译:华尔街对这项发明的欢迎程度,与那些乡野之人对轮子或犁头的热情不相上下。零息债券最终沦为一种工具,可以让华尔街摆脱企业实际盈利能力的限制,结果显然会促成更多的交易:愚蠢的价格总是会吸引卖家发债。杰西·安若也许会说,交易是金融的母乳。
对中介和投资银行家来说,零息债券或PIK债券还有一个额外的好处,那就是愚蠢和失败之间的时间可以延长。这个好处非同小可。如果要很长一段时间才必须面对所有成本,那么中介可以在东窗事发前促成一系列愚蠢的交易,并收取大量费用。(1989年)
心得:杰西·安若是美国的政治人物,他曾有句名言:金钱是政治的母乳。零息债券和PIK债券并非没有成本,而是将所有的成本后置,但最终还是要去承担的。但是中介机构管不了那么多,他们奉行的是“今朝有酒今朝醉”,先把佣金收到手里再说,哪管明天洪水滔天。
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