如果你做的事所有人都理解,你做的事就不够好。
If what you're doing is understood by everyone, you're not doing it well enough.
如果你做的事所有人都理解,你做的事就不够好。
If what you're doing is understood by everyone, you're not doing it well enough.
这句话究竟在说什么
超额收益来自超越共识的独到见解——如果所有人都理解你的策略,说明这个策略已被市场充分定价,不可能产生超额收益。
给普通投资者的可执行清单
一个真实故事 / 场景化情节
伊坎1985年收购TWA航空公司时,所有人都认为航空业是糟糕投资。但他看到了别人看不到的东西:TWA的航线价值和资产被严重低估。通过重组和资产出售,他在这个'所有人理解'的糟糕行业中获得了巨额利润。
这句话在该大师思想体系里的位置
伊坎认为投资是智力竞争——只有超越其他所有人的理解才能获胜,这意味着你必须去别人不去的地方。
卓越的投资不是来自买入好东西,而是来自买得好。
Superior investing is not about buying good things, but buying things well.
任何比你聪明的想法都应该引起你的极度警惕——尤其是当这个想法是从你自己的脑子里蹦出来的时候。
Any idea that seems smarter than you should make you deeply suspicious — especially when it came from your own head.
别人处理他们的事务越不谨慎,我们处理自己的事务就必须越谨慎。
The less prudence with which others conduct their affairs, the greater prudence with which we should conduct our own affairs.
在周期的顶部,最容易做的事情往往最危险;在周期的底部,最不敢做的事情往往最有利可图。敢于逆势需要极大的勇气。
At the top of a cycle, the easiest things to do are the most dangerous. At the bottom, the hardest things to do are the most profitable. Contrarian courage is rare and valuable.