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Subject: Buy American. I Am (By WARREN E. BUFFETT)

The financial world is a mess, both in the United States and abroad. Its problems, moreover, have been leaking into the general economy, and the leaks are now turning into a gusher. In the near term, unemployment will rise, business activity will falter and headlines will continue to be scary.

筆者註: 全球金融已經一體化. 由美國次按演變而來的金融海嘯由北美傳導至歐洲, 以致亞洲等新興市場, 然而, 銀行業乃百業之母, 為各企業資金的主要來源, 一旦心臟衰竭, 血液供應必然大大減弱, 身體各器官的正常運作也會受到負面影響. 於是, 原本屬於金融業的系統性風險無可避免擴大至全面的經濟風險. 如果將金融業視為上遊企業(以資金供應鏈的角度), 上游有事, 下游各企業(需要銀行提供資金的企業)豈能獨善其身? 所以, 當金融公司倒閉的新聞出現一段時間後, 其他 下游企業出現倒閉的新聞也是意料中事. 在銀行收緊信貸額度(Credit Line) 之後, 下游企業無可避免要停止擴充甚至收縮業務, 減低營運成本甚至裁員. 失業率上升將影響消費市道, 繼而影響企業盈利, 企業盈利的倒退甚至虧損將影響企業的還款能力, 繼而影響銀行的資產質素. 惡性循環的效果是壞消息不斷的出現.

So ... I’ve been buying American stocks. This is my personal account I’m talking about, in which I previously owned nothing but United States government bonds. (This description leaves aside my Berkshire Hathaway holdings, which are all committed to philanthropy.) If prices keep looking attractive, my non-Berkshire net worth will soon be 100 percent in United States equities.

筆者註: 巴菲特個人財富之中, 大部分是持有Berkshire Hathaway. 其次就是持有美國政府的債券. 可以睇到 巴菲特和費雪(Philip Fisher)一樣, 不喜歡持有現金. 而當股價吸引時, 甚至會100%持股.

Why?

A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. And most certainly, fear is now widespread, gripping even seasoned investors. To be sure, investors are right to be wary of highly leveraged entities or businesses in weak competitive positions. But fears regarding the long-term prosperity of the nation’s many sound companies make no sense. These businesses will indeed suffer earnings hiccups, as they always have. But most major companies will be setting new profit records 5, 10 and 20 years from now.

筆者註: 巴菲特的名句: "在別人恐懼的時候你要變得貪心; 在別人貪心的時候你要變得恐懼" 的確是投資至勝之道. 問題是, 幾多人可以實行到? 然而, 並非所有公司都可以逆市買入. 當中, 要避開的, 包括高負債高槓桿操作的公司, 以及沒有競爭優勢的公司. 對於那些體質健壯的公司, 雖然短期盈利會受損, 但是, 5年後, 10年後, 盈利回復活力以及再創盈利新記錄是可以預期的.

Let me be clear on one point: I can’t predict the short-term movements of the stock market. I haven’t the faintest idea as to whether stocks will be higher or lower a month — or a year — from now. What is likely, however, is that the market will move higher, perhaps substantially so, well before either sentiment or the economy turns up. So if you wait for the robins, spring will be over.

筆者註: 短期股市的走勢難以預測. 然而, 如果投資者等待經濟出現明顯復甦的跡象時, 那時股市極可能已經上升不少了, 因為股市的上升將發生在經濟復甦之前.

A little history here: During the Depression, the Dow hit its low, 41, on July 8, 1932. Economic conditions, though, kept deteriorating until Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in March 1933. By that time, the market had already advanced 30 percent. Or think back to the early days of World War II, when things were going badly for the United States in Europe and the Pacific. The market hit bottom in April 1942, well before Allied fortunes turned. Again, in the early 1980s, the time to buy stocks was when inflation raged and the economy was in the tank. In short, bad news is an investor’s best friend. It lets you buy a slice of America’s future at a marked-down price.

筆者註: 巴菲特再次強調, 壞消息是投資者的好朋友, 因為不利消息可以為投資者提供較低的進場價格.

Over the long term, the stock market news will be good. In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.

You might think it would have been impossible for an investor to lose money during a century marked by such an extraordinary gain. But some investors did. The hapless ones bought stocks only when they felt comfort in doing so and then proceeded to sell when the headlines made them queasy.

筆者註: 有些倒楣的投資者發覺自己通常是高買低賣. 巴菲特提醒你, 問問自己, 是否見到好消息才有信心去高追, 而見到壞消息就不安地沽出.

Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn’t. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value. Indeed, the policies that government will follow in its efforts to alleviate the current crisis will probably prove inflationary and therefore accelerate declines in the real value of cash accounts.

Equities will almost certainly outperform cash over the next decade, probably by a substantial degree. Those investors who cling now to cash are betting they can efficiently time their move away from it later. In waiting for the comfort of good news, they are ignoring Wayne Gretzky’s advice: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.”

I don’t like to opine on the stock market, and again I emphasize that I have no idea what the market will do in the short term. Nevertheless, I’ll follow the lead of a restaurant that opened in an empty bank building and then advertised: “Put your mouth where your money was.” Today my money and my mouth both say equities.

筆者註: 不要持有現金然後期望(觀望)政府推出利好政策救市, 因為政府的救市方案將導致通貨膨脹. 長遠來看, 持有現金是非常低回報的資產, 因為會被通貨膨脹侵蝕購買力. 相反, 持有股票長遠的回報將大大勝過持有現金. 巴菲特認為現時堅持持有現金的投資者是在賭緊自己能夠掌握股市的走勢, 和升跌的韻律, 是在等待令自己心安的好消息. 但是巴菲特認為現時就是買股票的時候.

台灣yahoo: http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/mr-market/
新浪Sina: http://graham_choi2003.mysinablog.com/
香港yahoo: http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/mr-market/


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The financial world is a mess, both in the United States and abroad. Its problems, moreover, have been leaking into the general economy, and the leaks are now turning into a gusher. In the near term, unemployment will rise, business activity will falter and headlines will continue to be scary.

筆者註: 全球金融已經一體化. 由美國次按演變而來的金融海嘯由北美傳導至歐洲, 以致亞洲等新興市場, 然而, 銀行業乃百業之母, 為各企業資金的主要來源, 一旦心臟衰竭, 血液供應必然大大減弱, 身體各器官的正常運作也會受到負面影響. 於是, 原本屬於金融業的系統性風險無可避免擴大至全面的經濟風險. 如果將金融業視為上遊企業(以資金供應鏈的角度), 上游有事, 下游各企業(需要銀行提供資金的企業)豈能獨善其身? 所以, 當金融公司倒閉的新聞出現一段時間後, 其他 下游企業出現倒閉的新聞也是意料中事. 在銀行收緊信貸額度(Credit Line) 之後, 下游企業無可避免要停止擴充甚至收縮業務, 減低營運成本甚至裁員. 失業率上升將影響消費市道, 繼而影響企業盈利, 企業盈利的倒退甚至虧損將影響企業的還款能力, 繼而影響銀行的資產質素. 惡性循環的效果是壞消息不斷的出現.

So ... I’ve been buying American stocks. This is my personal account I’m talking about, in which I previously owned nothing but United States government bonds. (This description leaves aside my Berkshire Hathaway holdings, which are all committed to philanthropy.) If prices keep looking attractive, my non-Berkshire net worth will soon be 100 percent in United States equities.

筆者註: 巴菲特個人財富之中, 大部分是持有Berkshire Hathaway. 其次就是持有美國政府的債券. 可以睇到 巴菲特和費雪(Philip Fisher)一樣, 不喜歡持有現金. 而當股價吸引時, 甚至會100%持股.

Why?

A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. And most certainly, fear is now widespread, gripping even seasoned investors. To be sure, investors are right to be wary of highly leveraged entities or businesses in weak competitive positions. But fears regarding the long-term prosperity of the nation’s many sound companies make no sense. These businesses will indeed suffer earnings hiccups, as they always have. But most major companies will be setting new profit records 5, 10 and 20 years from now.

筆者註: 巴菲特的名句: "在別人恐懼的時候你要變得貪心; 在別人貪心的時候你要變得恐懼" 的確是投資至勝之道. 問題是, 幾多人可以實行到? 然而, 並非所有公司都可以逆市買入. 當中, 要避開的, 包括高負債高槓桿操作的公司, 以及沒有競爭優勢的公司. 對於那些體質健壯的公司, 雖然短期盈利會受損, 但是, 5年後, 10年後, 盈利回復活力以及再創盈利新記錄是可以預期的.

Let me be clear on one point: I can’t predict the short-term movements of the stock market. I haven’t the faintest idea as to whether stocks will be higher or lower a month — or a year — from now. What is likely, however, is that the market will move higher, perhaps substantially so, well before either sentiment or the economy turns up. So if you wait for the robins, spring will be over.

筆者註: 短期股市的走勢難以預測. 然而, 如果投資者等待經濟出現明顯復甦的跡象時, 那時股市極可能已經上升不少了, 因為股市的上升將發生在經濟復甦之前.

A little history here: During the Depression, the Dow hit its low, 41, on July 8, 1932. Economic conditions, though, kept deteriorating until Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in March 1933. By that time, the market had already advanced 30 percent. Or think back to the early days of World War II, when things were going badly for the United States in Europe and the Pacific. The market hit bottom in April 1942, well before Allied fortunes turned. Again, in the early 1980s, the time to buy stocks was when inflation raged and the economy was in the tank. In short, bad news is an investor’s best friend. It lets you buy a slice of America’s future at a marked-down price.

筆者註: 巴菲特再次強調, 壞消息是投資者的好朋友, 因為不利消息可以為投資者提供較低的進場價格.

Over the long term, the stock market news will be good. In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.

You might think it would have been impossible for an investor to lose money during a century marked by such an extraordinary gain. But some investors did. The hapless ones bought stocks only when they felt comfort in doing so and then proceeded to sell when the headlines made them queasy.

筆者註: 有些倒楣的投資者發覺自己通常是高買低賣. 巴菲特提醒你, 問問自己, 是否見到好消息才有信心去高追, 而見到壞消息就不安地沽出.

Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn’t. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value. Indeed, the policies that government will follow in its efforts to alleviate the current crisis will probably prove inflationary and therefore accelerate declines in the real value of cash accounts.

Equities will almost certainly outperform cash over the next decade, probably by a substantial degree. Those investors who cling now to cash are betting they can efficiently time their move away from it later. In waiting for the comfort of good news, they are ignoring Wayne Gretzky’s advice: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.”

I don’t like to opine on the stock market, and again I emphasize that I have no idea what the market will do in the short term. Nevertheless, I’ll follow the lead of a restaurant that opened in an empty bank building and then advertised: “Put your mouth where your money was.” Today my money and my mouth both say equities.

筆者註: 不要持有現金然後期望(觀望)政府推出利好政策救市, 因為政府的救市方案將導致通貨膨脹. 長遠來看, 持有現金是非常低回報的資產, 因為會被通貨膨脹侵蝕購買力. 相反, 持有股票長遠的回報將大大勝過持有現金. 巴菲特認為現時堅持持有現金的投資者是在賭緊自己能夠掌握股市的走勢, 和升跌的韻律, 是在等待令自己心安的好消息. 但是巴菲特認為現時就是買股票的時候.

台灣yahoo: http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/mr-market/
新浪Sina: http://graham_choi2003.mysinablog.com/
香港yahoo: http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/mr-market/



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Subject: 市場先生私人強積金最新情況(17-Oct-08)

置身於百年一遇的金融海嘯之中, 筆者於工作上也倍加壓力. 同其他同業一樣, cut headcount, cut cost 不在話下, 但對工作的要求不單止無降低, 反而更嚴謹. 因為面對急劇轉變的資本以及信貸市場, 資訊系統需要更新和進一步完善. 最近筆者參與一個high profile 的 global project. High profile 的原因, 因為呢個系統被歸類為 strategic application. 呢個project的困難度, 在於有限的budget, 有限的headcount, 但要在短時間內完成, 而且要準確, 因為如果系統提供唔準確的資訊, 會為公司帶來難以估計的損失, 或者失去客人和生意. 由於最近一直在高壓力下工作, 工作時間又唔穩定, 有時要晨早2,3點或者6,7點開始工作, 已經feel到個胃又唔舒服, 有胃酸湧上喉嚨, 而且胃部有點熱, 筆者知道是不好的徵兆. 今晚本來想去睇醫生, 點知9點鍾診所已經關門, 唔知是否經濟唔好, 少人睇病呢? 唯有明天早上再睇醫生.

見到有網友問筆者今個月月供股票的供股價. 筆者已經收到中銀的交易記錄, 所以在此update一下.

筆者的月供股票計劃由07年3月份開始進行, 至於有一年半了. 今個月的供股價是期內最低的. 未來可能繼續有更低的供股價. 筆者也樂於見到供股價每況愈下, 因為可以拉低平均成本. 當然, 大前提是, 筆者相信月供股票計劃內的公司, 未來盈利可以重新回復活力, 而股價最終會反映公司的價值. 不過, 最重要是, 唔好借貸買股票, 因為無人知今次金融海嘯引致的熊市會維持幾耐, 股市會下跌幾深. 一旦借貸加大了槓桿, 防守能力就會下跌, 守無可守就可能會全軍覆沒.

至於筆者, 目前並無任何借貸, 會繼續選擇做一個樂觀的投資者, 繼續以平常心去渡過目前股市的低潮.


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台灣yahoo: http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/mr-market/

新浪Sina: http://graham_choi2003.mysinablog.com/

香港yahoo: http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/mr-market/


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置身於百年一遇的金融海嘯之中, 筆者於工作上也倍加壓力. 同其他同業一樣, cut headcount, cut cost 不在話下, 但對工作的要求不單止無降低, 反而更嚴謹. 因為面對急劇轉變的資本以及信貸市場, 資訊系統需要更新和進一步完善. 最近筆者參與一個high profile 的 global project. High profile 的原因, 因為呢個系統被歸類為 strategic application. 呢個project的困難度, 在於有限的budget, 有限的headcount, 但要在短時間內完成, 而且要準確, 因為如果系統提供唔準確的資訊, 會為公司帶來難以估計的損失, 或者失去客人和生意. 由於最近一直在高壓力下工作, 工作時間又唔穩定, 有時要晨早2,3點或者6,7點開始工作, 已經feel到個胃又唔舒服, 有胃酸湧上喉嚨, 而且胃部有點熱, 筆者知道是不好的徵兆. 今晚本來想去睇醫生, 點知9點鍾診所已經關門, 唔知是否經濟唔好, 少人睇病呢? 唯有明天早上再睇醫生.

見到有網友問筆者今個月月供股票的供股價. 筆者已經收到中銀的交易記錄, 所以在此update一下.

筆者的月供股票計劃由07年3月份開始進行, 至於有一年半了. 今個月的供股價是期內最低的. 未來可能繼續有更低的供股價. 筆者也樂於見到供股價每況愈下, 因為可以拉低平均成本. 當然, 大前提是, 筆者相信月供股票計劃內的公司, 未來盈利可以重新回復活力, 而股價最終會反映公司的價值. 不過, 最重要是, 唔好借貸買股票, 因為無人知今次金融海嘯引致的熊市會維持幾耐, 股市會下跌幾深. 一旦借貸加大了槓桿, 防守能力就會下跌, 守無可守就可能會全軍覆沒.

至於筆者, 目前並無任何借貸, 會繼續選擇做一個樂觀的投資者, 繼續以平常心去渡過目前股市的低潮.


台灣yahoo: http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/mr-market/

新浪Sina: http://graham_choi2003.mysinablog.com/

香港yahoo: http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/mr-market/



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From: 市場先生自語 <rss@rssforward.net>

Subject: 再講宏利

最近宏利股價比較波動, 正確一些來講, 應該是股價跌勢比較急而且幅度大, 以致有一些一直看好宏利的投資者開始對宏利信心動搖, 筆者聽到比較多的一個問題是: AIG都可以倒下, 有什麼事無可能發生?

筆者最近用了一些時間, 整理宏利由07年至到08上半年的業績分類數據. 可以看到宏利的主要業務分為以下5部分, 前4部分大約各佔總體盈利2成幾.

1. 美國保險業務






[1]2. 美國財富管理業務




[2]3. 加拿大業務




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4. 亞洲及日本業務






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5. 再保險業務

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現時投資者比較關注的問題, 包括擔心信貸撇帳增加, 導致資本不足而需要發行新股集資, 現有股東權益被攤薄. 另外, 現任CEO Dominic D'Alessandro 將於09年5月退休, 對宏利有否帶來不明朗以及負面影響.

宏利已經公佈左全球金融危機引發的信貸損失可能導致公司第三季度利潤減少2.5億加元. 然而宏利現時的資產負債狀況良好﹐並沒有計劃出售普通股集資, 也不會減少派息.

宏利新 CEO Donald A. Guloien 於1981年加入宏利做 research analyst, 至今已經有28年了. Don 於1994至2001年期間, 領導Mergers and Acquisition/Business Development unit, 參與了一些重要的收購合併項目, 包括宏利與North American Life合併, 宏利上市, 以及進入日本市場(Daihyaku Mutual Life)等. 此外, Don 還負責宏利近年最重要而且重大的收購, John Hancock, 以及成功整合後者融入宏利, 可以從宏利的ROE一度因為收購John Hancock之後大跌, 然後漸漸逐年回升得到引正. 筆者相信 目前的金融危險結合宏利的優勢, 新 CEO 上場後, 絕對有機會大展身手, 繼續併購擴充業務.



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最近宏利股價比較波動, 正確一些來講, 應該是股價跌勢比較急而且幅度大, 以致有一些一直看好宏利的投資者開始對宏利信心動搖, 筆者聽到比較多的一個問題是: AIG都可以倒下, 有什麼事無可能發生?

筆者最近用了一些時間, 整理宏利由07年至到08上半年的業績分類數據. 可以看到宏利的主要業務分為以下5部分, 前4部分大約各佔總體盈利2成幾.

1. 美國保險業務



2. 美國財富管理業務


3. 加拿大業務




4. 亞洲及日本業務




5. 再保險業務



現時投資者比較關注的問題, 包括擔心信貸撇帳增加, 導致資本不足而需要發行新股集資, 現有股東權益被攤薄. 另外, 現任CEO Dominic D'Alessandro 將於09年5月退休, 對宏利有否帶來不明朗以及負面影響.

宏利已經公佈左全球金融危機引發的信貸損失可能導致公司第三季度利潤減少2.5億加元. 然而宏利現時的資產負債狀況良好﹐並沒有計劃出售普通股集資, 也不會減少派息.

宏利新 CEO Donald A. Guloien 於1981年加入宏利做 research analyst, 至今已經有28年了. Don 於1994至2001年期間, 領導Mergers and Acquisition/Business Development unit, 參與了一些重要的收購合併項目, 包括宏利與North American Life合併, 宏利上市, 以及進入日本市場(Daihyaku Mutual Life)等. 此外, Don 還負責宏利近年最重要而且重大的收購, John Hancock, 以及成功整合後者融入宏利, 可以從宏利的ROE一度因為收購John Hancock之後大跌, 然後漸漸逐年回升得到引正. 筆者相信 目前的金融危險結合宏利的優勢, 新 CEO 上場後, 絕對有機會大展身手, 繼續併購擴充業務.



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