即使有了安全边际的保护,个别证券仍可能表现不佳。安全边际只保证你赚钱的机会大于亏损的机会,而不是保证不亏。但随着这类投资数量增加,利润总和超过亏损总和就变得越来越确定。
Even with a margin of safety, an individual security may work out badly. The margin guarantees only a better chance for profit than for loss. But as the number of such commitments increases, the aggregate profits will exceed aggregate losses with increasing certainty.