2017 Annual Report of Berkshire Hathaway 股神畢菲特的投資智慧

股神畢菲特是「價值投資法」的表表者,多年來的投資回報卓越,他旗下的綜合企業巴郡一直備受投資者重視。對於想了解畢菲特投資理念的讀者,閱讀巴郡年報絕對是一個好方法。 筆者從巴郡網站下載2017年年報,第一頁開首便簡單直截地報告巴郡全年業績: To the Shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.: Berkshire’s gain in net worth during 2017 was $65.3 billion, which increased the per-share book value of both our Class A and Class B stock by 23%. Over the last 53 years (that is, since present management took over), per-share book value has grown from $19 to $211,750, a rate of 19.1% compounded annually. The format of that opening paragraph has been standard for 30 years. But 2017 was far from standard: A large portion of our gain did not come from anything we accomplished at Berkshire. The $65 billion gain is nonetheless real – rest assured of that. But only $36 billion came from Berkshire’s operations. The remaining $29 billion was delivered to us in December when Congress rewrote the U.S. Tax Code. (Details of Berkshire’s tax-related gain appear on page K-32 and pages K-89 – K-90.) 總結2017年,巴...