来源:雪球App,作者: 王冠亚,(https://xueqiu.com/4525540121/305542999)
巴菲特致股东的信原文精读Day474:
原文:Even in the U.S., where the wish for a stable currency is strong, the dollar has fallen a staggering 86% in value since 1965, when I took over management of Berkshire. It takes no less than $7 today to buy what $1 did at that time. Consequently, a tax-free institution would have needed 4.3% interest annually from bond investments over that period to simply maintain its purchasing power. Its managers would have been kidding themselves if they thought of any portion of that interest as “income.”(2011)
释义:1.“purchasing power”意为“购买力”;
2.“kidding themselves”意为“自欺欺人”。
精译:即便是在美国这样稳定货币预期很强烈的国度,自1965年我接管伯克希尔公司以来,美元的贬值幅度也达到了惊人的86%。当时花1美元能买到的,今天至少要花7美元。因此,在此期间,一家机构在免税的情况下,每年需要从债券投资中获得4.3%的利息,才能维持其购买力。如果这家机构认为这笔利息的某些部分属于“收入”,那他们就是在自欺欺人。(2011年)
心得:巴菲特提到的数字,勾稽关系是这样的:
1-86%=14%;
1/14%≈7;
(1+4.3%)^46≈7,
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