經濟日報 記者湯淑君╱即時報導 2018年02月24日
財經新聞網站Business Insider報導，「股神」巴菲特在致波克夏公司股東信上給投資人一些寶貴的建議，並引用詩句勉勵投資人，在股市動盪不安之際，能保持泰然自若者，往往是最後的贏家。
巴菲特在股東信上寫道，沒人能掐得準股市什麼時後會跌、短期之內跌幅又會有多深，這正是「不要借錢買股」最有力的論點。
巴菲特舉例說，波克夏的股價也曾遭遇跌幅慘重的時期，例如在金融海嘯期間，從2008年9月至2009年3月崩跌51%。
但聚焦長期投資的巴菲特指出，在這種市場劇烈動盪、行情沉淪時，保持鎮定顯得格外重要。
他說：「沒人能告訴你，這些[大跌] 何時會發生。隨時可能從綠燈直接變成紅燈，不會暫時停在黃燈。然而，市場大跌發生時，對無債一身輕的人而言，提供難得的機會。」
巴菲特接著說，在這種時刻，無債務牽絆的投資人，可謹記英國桂冠詩人吉普林(Rudyard Kipling)1895年寫的詩「如果」(If)，特別是其中幾行：
「如果周遭的人全失去冷靜而你能冷靜自持...
如果你能等待且不厭倦等待...
如果你能思考，而不把思考當成目的...
如果所有人都懷疑你而你能相信自己...
你將擁有整個天地以及其中的一切。」
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英國桂冠詩人吉普林(Rudyard Kipling)1895年寫的詩「如果」(If)原文~
If
By Rudyard Kipling
(‘Brother Square-Toes’—Rewards and Fairies)
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!
Source: A Choice of Kipling's Verse (1943)
財經新聞網站Business Insider報導，「股神」巴菲特在致波克夏公司股東信上給投資人一些寶貴的建議，並引用詩句勉勵投資人，在股市動盪不安之際，能保持泰然自若者，往往是最後的贏家。
巴菲特在股東信上寫道，沒人能掐得準股市什麼時後會跌、短期之內跌幅又會有多深，這正是「不要借錢買股」最有力的論點。
巴菲特舉例說，波克夏的股價也曾遭遇跌幅慘重的時期，例如在金融海嘯期間，從2008年9月至2009年3月崩跌51%。
但聚焦長期投資的巴菲特指出，在這種市場劇烈動盪、行情沉淪時，保持鎮定顯得格外重要。
他說：「沒人能告訴你，這些[大跌] 何時會發生。隨時可能從綠燈直接變成紅燈，不會暫時停在黃燈。然而，市場大跌發生時，對無債一身輕的人而言，提供難得的機會。」
巴菲特接著說，在這種時刻，無債務牽絆的投資人，可謹記英國桂冠詩人吉普林(Rudyard Kipling)1895年寫的詩「如果」(If)，特別是其中幾行：
「如果周遭的人全失去冷靜而你能冷靜自持...
如果你能等待且不厭倦等待...
如果你能思考，而不把思考當成目的...
如果所有人都懷疑你而你能相信自己...
你將擁有整個天地以及其中的一切。」
（編者按）
英國桂冠詩人吉普林(Rudyard Kipling)1895年寫的詩「如果」(If)原文~
If
By Rudyard Kipling
(‘Brother Square-Toes’—Rewards and Fairies)
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!
Source: A Choice of Kipling's Verse (1943)
