经典重译之股票大作手回忆录(408)
原文(438):
the seller is too much at the mercy of the loaded-up inside clique.Similarly,there is no inducement to buy such a stock.To the investor Imperial Steel therefore remained a speculation.To the speculator it was a dead one—the kind that makes an investor of you against your will by the simple expedient of falling into a trance the moment you go long of it.
The chap who is compelled to lug a corpse a year or two always loses more than the original cost of the deceased;he is sure to find himself tied up with it when some really good things come his way.
One day the foremost member of the Imperial Steel syndicate,acting for himself and associates,came to see me.They wished to create a market for the stock,of which they controlled the undistributed 70 per cent.They wanted me to dispose of their holdings at better prices than they thought they would obtain if they tried to sell in the open market.They wanted to know on what terms I would undertake the job.
I told him that I would let him know in a few days.Then I looked into the property.I had experts go over the various departments of the company—industrial,commercial and financial.They made reports to me which were unbiased.I wasn't looking for the good or the bad points,but for the facts,such,as they were.
其他版本译文(438):
因为如果放空就会对空头的地位不利,会受到公司内部操控。同时,也没什么值得买进的理由。所以对投资人而言,帝国钢铁股票是一只投机股。而对投机分子来说,它不冷也不热,你一旦买进做多,它就容易陷入昏睡套牢状态,你的投资思想不支持你这么做。一个人无奈地拖着一具尸体长达一两年,失去的要比尸体的原始成本还高,如果有真正的好东西出现了,他会发现自己被捆绑得不能动弹了。
有一天,帝国钢铁公司的一位重要人士代表他自己和他的同事来找我,表达了想让我为这只股票创造市场的意愿。他们手中有百分之七十的股票都没有卖出。他们希望我能够把那些股票处理给市场,卖出比他们绞尽脑汁在公开市场上售价还高的价位。他们想知道我要接受这个工作的话,需要多少酬金。
我对他说,过几天就让他们知道我的条件。随后我开始分析这只股票,请了一些专业人士去调查这家公司,生产、财务、业务等各个部门都搞清楚。他们给出的报告很中性,而我并非要知道好坏,只是想知道真实的现状罢了。
我的译文(438):
内部人掌握了大部分筹码,放空者受制于人,颇为忌惮,同时,它又不具备吸引别人做多的魅力。对投资者来说,Imperial Steel 只有投机价值,而对投机者来说,它又是死水一潭,本来想投机一把,可一旦做多买入,投机的初衷便只能无奈的变成投资了,因为它始终就是单纯的横盘行情。于是谁买它,谁就不得不拖着这尸体过上一两年,损失常常要大于当初买它时的成本,(因为)当一些真正的好机会来临时,他一定会发现自己被它套牢了,(无法去抓住新的机会。)
一天Imperial Steel辛迪加的首要成员,代表他自己及其合作伙伴前来找我。(译者注:这人不是帝国钢铁公司的工作人员,而是持有帝国钢铁股份的大资本集团成员)他们希望为这支股票营造一个市场。这只股票七成的筹码都集中在他们手里,等待派发。他们想要我帮他们卖出持仓,当然他们也可以自己卖,但是他们想要我帮他们卖出一个更好的价钱。他们想知道,我愿意承接这项工作的条件是什么?
我跟他说,我几日之内就会给他答复。随后我调查了这份标的资产。我找行家调查了这家公司的各个部门——生产、商务以及财务,他们向我提交了客观的报告。我的出发点不是要评价它的好坏,我只是需要客观事实,实事求是就好。(译者注:意思可能是他要自己做出判断。)
引用依据:
1. Edwin Lefèvre: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
2. 《股票大作手回忆录》([美] 埃德温·勒菲弗 著,汤前燕 译)
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