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: Y7 M' j3 |: M) m% B* |# y3 q
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. 7 L5 d; R2 [- c$ I3 _; o/ b
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) J w* U9 c2 j) u0 r8 Y+ }
If 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."
5 K: D2 v( }+ b2 u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%
% R5 ^: T4 t( p0 [! Z: P& v' g" xBut stop being so hard on yourself. Yes, you probably should have pulled more money out in time.
2 v h9 M5 s% W V然而,就此罢手,很难.是的,你大概应该及时抽身
9 c' X$ K8 z7 v, h3 C7 cBig Lie No. 1: The market will take care of everything
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. q q4 v. W; @2 m: ~$ L. W5 a谎话1: 市场将搞定统统
$ `7 j- K B( a. \0 j" d; s$ VRemember 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 |