新事物的出現不會帶走機會,給你機會的是其他人在做蠢事。
New things coming along don't take away the opportunities.
作蠢事的人變多,因為取得資金越來越容易
在我們經營波克夏的這58年裡,我認為做蠢事的人大幅增加,而且是做非常蠢的事。某種程度上,他們犯蠢是因為較容易從其他人取得資金,比我們剛開始經營波克夏時還容易。
And I would say that the 58 years we've been running Berkshire, I would say there's been a great increase in the number of people doing dumb things, and they do big dumb things. And the reason they do it to some extent is because they can get money from other people so much easier than when we started.
投資人應更關注長期價值
這個世界絕大多數都是關注「短期」。
The world is overwhelmingly short-term focused.
對於任何考慮未來五年、十年或二十年內應該做什麼的人來說,這是一個為你量身打造的世界。我認為,如果我今天出生,沒有太多的錢,希望把它變成一大筆錢,那就太好了。
That is a world that is made to order for anybody that's trying to think about what to do that should work over five, or ten, or twenty years. And I just think that I'd love to be born today, and go out with not too much money and hopefully turn it into a lot of money.
資金少其實有一定優勢
我認為,如果你不投入太多資金,機會會更大,但我們卻投入了很多資金。如果你只是投入少量的資金,我認為機會會更多。
And I think that if you don't if you don't run too much money, which we do, but if you're running small amounts of money, I think the opportunities will be greater.
價值投資變得更困難,要習慣收益下降
我認為,在這個巨大的資本主義市場中,投資已經變得普及,以至於任何人都可以參與,但真正賺錢的是出售其他人沒有表現的想法。
I think that investing has disappeared so much from this huge capitalistic market, that anybody can play in, but the big money is in selling other people ideas that aren't outperforming.
現在有很多聰明人手中有著大量的資金,他們都在試圖比對方更聰明、更成功,從其他人那裡賺取更多的錢。
There is so much money in the hands of so many smart people, all trying to outsmart one another, and outgrow one another, getting more money out of other people.
我認為價值投資者的日子會更難過,因為他們當中的許多人都在爭奪越來越少的機會。(蒙格)
I think value investors are going to have a harder time now that there are so many of them competing for a diminished set of opportunities.
我對價值投資者的建議是要習慣少賺。(蒙格)
My advice to value investors is to get used to making less.