巴菲特致股东的信1994年.docx

/lmy/lmy.asp?ClassID=4lid=9fid=82Buffett’s Letters To Berkshire Shareholders 1994巴菲特致股东的信1994年Our gain in net worth during 1994 was $1.45 billion or 13.9%. Over the last 30 years (that is, since present management took over) our per-share book value has grown from $19 to $10,083, or at a rate of 23% compounded annually.1994年本公司的净值成长了14.5亿美元或是14.3%，总计过去30年以来，也就是自从现有经营阶层接手之后，每股净值由当初的19元成长到现在的10,083美元，年复合成长率约为23%。Charlie Munger, Berkshires Vice Chairman and my partner, and I make few predictions. One we will confidently offer, however,is that the future performance of Berkshire wont come close to matching the performance of the past.查理．孟格-伯克希尔的主要合伙人跟我本身很少做预测，不过有一点我们倒是很确定，那就是伯克希尔未来的表现将很难再像过去那样的辉煌。The problem is not that what has worked in the past will cease to work in the future. To the contrary, we believe that our formula -the purchase at sensible prices of businesses that have good underlying economics and are run by honest and able people -is certain to produce reasonable success. We expect, therefore, to keep on doing well.问题不在于过去的方法在以后会不管用，相反的，我们认为我们的成功方程式-那就是以合理的价格买进具有产业竞争优势同时由诚实有才干的人经营的做法，在往后同样能够获致令人满意的结果，我们预估应该可以继续保持这种好成绩。A fat wallet, however, is the enemy of superior investment results. And Berkshire now has a net worth of $11.9 billion compared to about $22 million when Charlie and I began to manage the company. Though there are as many good businesses as ever, it is useless for us to make purchases that are inconsequential in relation to Berkshires capital. (As Charlie regularly reminds me, If something is not worth doing at all, its not worth doing well.) We now consider a security for purchase only if we believe we can deploy at least $100 million in it. Given that minimum, Berkshires investment universe has shrunk dramatically.然而皮夹子太厚，却是投资成果的大敌，目前伯克希尔的净值已高达119亿美元，还记得当初查理跟我开始经营这家公司时，公司的净值只有2,200万美元，虽然还是一样有许多好的公司，但却很难在找到规模够大的对象，(就像是查理常常说的，如果一件事情不值得去做，那么就算是你把它做的再好也没有用) 现在我们只考虑买进至少一亿美元以上的投资，在这样的高门槛下，伯克希尔的投资世界，一下子缩小了许多。Nevertheless, we will stick with the ap