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
- s2 O- f- h3 |0 A& Y4 O, l* L' HThese 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 E, d; M- y" l0 _5 {( M1 m( C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7 S$ F1 E: G, X9 I2 u
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."
0 N: o( T2 I4 S2 F G9 a! {) M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%
3 e9 s1 P7 D% w: G' |0 eBut stop being so hard on yourself. Yes, you probably should have pulled more money out in time.
& h* v0 ]7 A% B; O' r) L% f+ [7 m1 ]然而,就此罢手,很难.是的,你大概应该及时抽身! v, _& E+ o. s- N7 ^: u
Big Lie No. 1: The market will take care of everything
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4 J9 e. p! Z5 O5 v% B8 D! ~ M谎话1: 市场将搞定统统7 j' Z1 i: q, Y6 G: a, r
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 |