来源:雪球App,作者: 王冠亚,(https://xueqiu.com/4525540121/301587935)
巴菲特致股东的信原文精读Day438:
原文:It’s difficult to understand why retained earnings were unappreciated by investors before Smith’s book was published. After all, it was no secret that mind-boggling wealth had earlier been amassed by such titans as Carnegie, Rockefeller and Ford, all of whom had retained a huge portion of their business earnings to fund growth and produce ever-greater profits. Throughout America, also, there had long been small-time capitalists who became rich following the same playbook.(2019)
释义:1.“mind-boggling”意为“难以置信的”;
2.“playbook”意为“剧本”、“平板电脑”。
精译:为什么在史密斯的书出版之前,留存收益没有得到投资者的认可,这很令人费解。毕竟,卡内基、洛克菲勒和福特等巨头早年积累了令人难以置信的财富,这已经不是什么秘密了,他们都保留了很大一部分利润来促进业务增长并产生更丰厚的利润。在整个美国,长期以来,也有一些小资本家遵循同样的致富策略。(2019年)
心得:留存收益的作用,并不是史密斯出书之后才显现的。美国历史上的那些巨富们,基本上都会将留存收益用于扩大再生产,从而攫取更大的利益。值得一提的是,在美国这样的资本主义国度,资本家(capitalist)是偏中性或褒义的称谓。比如说,罗杰·洛温斯坦写的《巴菲特传:一个美国资本家的成长》;在中国改革开放以前,对资本家的评价通常是偏负面的。随着时代的进步和社会的发展,现在对民营企业家、投资家等群体的认可度也会更高一些。
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