我们认为，这种看法也适用于一般的股市，尽管股市连续三年下跌，相对大大增加了投资股票的吸引力，但我们还是很难找到真正能够引起我们兴趣的投资标的，这可谓是先前网络泡沫所遗留下来的后遗症，而很不幸的，狂欢之后所带来的宿醉截至目前而止仍然尚未完全消退。
The aversion to equities that Charlie and I exhibit today is far from congenital. We love owning common stocks – if they can be purchased at attractive prices. In my 61 years of investing, 50 or so years have offered that kind of opportunity. There will be years like that again. Unless, however, we see a very high probability of at least 10% pre-tax returns (which translate to 6?-7% after corporate tax), we will sit on the sidelines. With short-term money returning less than 1% after-tax, sitting it out is no fun. But occasionally successful investing requires inactivity.
查理跟我现在对于股票退避三宿的态度，并非天生如此，事实上，我们非常喜欢投资股票，我是说如果可以以合理的价格进行的话，在我个人61年的投资生涯中，大约有50个年头以上，都有这样的机会出现，我想以后也还会有相当多类似的机会，只不过，除非是我们发现至少可以获得税前10%报酬的机率相当高时，(在扣除企业所得税后，净得6.5%到7%的报酬)，否则我们宁可在旁观望，虽然必须忍受短期闲置资金不到1%的税后报酬，但成功的投资本来就必须要有耐性。
Last year we were, however, able to make sensible investments in a few “junk” bonds and loans. Overall, our commitments in this sector sextupled, reaching $8.3 billion by yearend.
