Michael Brush是纽约的一位财经作者,结业于哥伦比亚商学院, 为纽约时报,款子(Money)杂志及经济学人(Economist)等撰写商业和投资类文章,也是"来自投资一线的教导"(Lessons from the Front Line)一书的作者.近来他写了篇"华尔街的五大谎话"(The five biggest lies on Wall Street),感觉蛮有原理,节选翻译过来,以供参考 `! I$ G8 i3 p) G
These are the tenets you counted on for years, like 'buy and hold' and heed the advice of 'experts.' Keep these whoppers in mind as you plan your financial future. 6 h4 f" B Y) n1 w
在已往数年里, 你依靠过诸如"买进,然后持有"及服从专家的发起等这些信条.在将来投资的时间,牢记这些弥天大谎
/ w8 m5 o4 u! k9 [# hIf you had any money in stocks in the past few years, you might be feeling pretty dumb right now -- since you're down more than 40% on those "investments."
( D; s7 E$ l% ?7 V! [! \如果这几年,你在股市上有投资,如今,你大概感到本身相称愚笨,由于你的投资已经跌去了40%
8 u& N8 t* `& }1 OBut stop being so hard on yourself. Yes, you probably should have pulled more money out in time.; x2 Q8 s# U6 T4 u R
然而,就此罢手,很难.是的,你大概应该及时抽身
2 V: v! @3 ^, `, Q3 `Big Lie No. 1: The market will take care of everything# O4 b' K9 C; `0 K1 T( N1 U& n4 h
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谎话1: 市场将搞定统统
3 } \/ E. s& j4 p& L6 p* Y `Remember Ronald Reagan's line, "Government isn't the solution to our problems; government is the problem"? The Gipper may have had some great political insights, but the train wreck in the market shows this one wasn't one of them |