佳句書摘 - The Snowball (4)
Posted in Investment, Quote, Thought on Jan 6th, 2009
俗話說的好,好的東西放越久就會越好,爛的東西放越久就會越爛,巴菲特認為,寧可用普通便宜的價格,買下第一流的公司,也不要用超級便宜的價格,買下第三流的公司。人生許多抉擇也能套用這個原則。應該多著眼在「價值」之上,而不是在「要付出多少代價」來換取價值之間鑽牛角尖。Think about how do(should) we choose a girl/boy friend?
我一直認為資本經濟中,有一條分水嶺,遠在分水嶺之上的公司(或人),是好還會更好的一群,在分水嶺附近的公司(或人),以及分水嶺之下的公司(或人),是會逐漸走向頹敗的另一群。也就是說,一直維持普通,時間將是你的敵人,普通乘以10年、 20年、30年,最後只會等於越來越普通,在資本市場中,普通就是落後者,沒有進步就是失敗。(想想一間公司的獲利,或是你的持股總值(或總財產)20年來維持不變,看似沒有賠錢(或負債)就是贏家,但事實上,還原20年後的現值,你已經是市場的輸家了,因為不可避免地,市場註定要走向通膨。) 唯有一開始不惜代價(repeat: 不過於計較付出,著眼在日後換來的價值),堅持讓自己卓越,或買下真正好的公司,才能和時間當好朋友,有朝一日,才能搭上資本主義特權階級便車。
一言以蔽之,好公司好股票,「夠便宜」就買,不用等到「有夠便宜」再買,因為一來不一定等的到,二來日後的增值幅度會讓你想取笑當初斤斤計價的自己。
來看看巴菲特怎麼說:
“Time is the friend of the wonderful business, the enemy of the mediocre. You might think this principle is obvious, but I had to learn it the hard way…After ending our corporate marriage to Hochschild-Kohn, I had memories like those of he husband in the country song ‘My Wife Ran Away with My Best Friend and I Still Miss Him a Lot.’… It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price. Charlie understood this early; I was a slow learner. But now, when buying companies or common stocks, we look for first-class businesses accompanied by first-class managements. That leads right into a related lesson: Good jockeys will do well on good horses but not on broken-down nags.”
- The Snowball, p334
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