经典重译之股票大作手回忆录(425)
原文(455):
There isn't anything mysterious or underhanded or crooked about manipulation designed to sell a stock in bulk provided such operations are not accompanied by deliberate misrepresentations.
Sound manipulation must be based on sound trading principles.People lay great stress on old-time practices,such as wash sales.But I can assure you that the mere mechanics of deception count for very little.The difference between stock-market manipulation and the over-the-counter sale of stocks and bonds is in the character of the clientele rather than in the character of the appeal.
J.P.Morgan & Co.sell an issue of bonds to the public—that is,to investors.A manipulator disposes of a block of stock to the public—that is,to speculators.An investor looks for safety,for permanence of the interest return on the capital he invests.The speculator looks for a quick profit.
The manipulator necessarily finds his primary marker among speculators—who are willing to run a greater than normal business risk so long as they have a reasonable chance to get a big return on their capital.I myself never have believed in blind gambling.I may plunge or I may buy one hundred shares.But in either case I must have a reason for what I do.
I distinctly remember how I got into the game of manipulation—that is,in the marketing of stocks for others.It gives me pleasure to recall it because it shows so beautifully the professional Wall Street attitude toward stock-market operations.
其他版本译文(455):
只要炒作的过程中不添加肆意歪曲的成分,只是把手里的股票卖掉,就没什么神秘可言,也不会有不公平和欺诈的因子。炒作要健全,必须要有健全的交易原则作支撑。人们都很重视洗盘等这些老式的手段,可我保证,纯粹的技巧并没多大重要性。顾客性质不同,使得炒作股票和在柜台交易股票和证券有一定的差别,并不是因为人们的诉求不一样。摩根公司卖出证券,是卖给投资人,而炒作股票的作手卖出股票,是卖给投机分子。投资人想要的是稳中求胜,为投出的资本找到源源不断的回报,而投机分子要的是迅速获得利润。
股票作手的主要市场目标在投机人群中,投机者们只要机会合适,能够看到大笔好处,就想冒着高于正常状态的险去赚钱。这种盲目的赌法我并不相信,我可能会大笔操作,也可能只操作100股,可不管哪种情形,我都要找到要那么做的充分理由。
我记得很清楚,自己是如何投入到股票炒作——也就是帮别人行销股票——的游戏中的,提起这事我就非常愉悦,因为它能够很巧妙地展现出华尔街上的行家们是怎样看待股市操作的。
我的译文(455):
如果操纵股票的行为只是为了大批量的卖出,并且在此过程中没有蓄意的进行虚假陈述,那就不存在什么神秘之处,既谈不上出老千,也不算耍什么不正当的手段。
明智的控盘操作必须基于明智的交易原则。大众过于在意旧时的那些手段,比如洗盘,但我能证明给你看,这些不过是雕虫小技,作用微乎其微。
股市上的控盘操作,与场外市场推销股票债券,二者之间的区别,在于客户群体本身的属性,而不是吸引买家的方式。
J.P.Morgan & Co.公司向公众发售一批债券——那是面向投资者。庄家向公众派发大批股票——那是面向投机者。投资者追求安全性,追求其投入资本所生利息的稳定和持续。投机者则是寻求要挣快钱。
庄家必须在投机者中找到自己的主要买家——因为这些人寻求的就是合适的发大财的机会。这些投机者明白机会是与风险并存的,并且这种风险远大于常规的商业风险,但为了发大财,他们甘愿冒这种风险。
我本人从来不曾相信那种(纯凭运气的)盲目的赌博,我可以梭哈,也可以只买一百股,但不管哪种情况,我的操作必须要有理由,有根据。
为了替别人销售股票而去控盘坐庄,我清楚的记得我是如何进入这一行的。
想起这事,便觉有趣,因为其中非常完美的展现了,华尔街对于股市操作的专业态度。
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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