所幸，去年我们得以将部份资金运用在一些不错的垃圾债券及债权投资之上，至去年底我们在这方面的累计投资金额增加了6倍，达到83亿美元之谱。
Investing in junk bonds and investing in stocks are alike in certain ways: Both activities require us to make a price-value calculation and also to scan hundreds of securities to find the very few that have attractive reward/risk ratios. But there are important differences between the two disciplines as well. In stocks, we expect every commitment to work out well because we concentrate on conservatively financed businesses with strong competitive strengths, run by able and honest people. If we buy into these companies at sensible prices, losses should be rare. Indeed, during the 38 years we have run the company’s affairs, gains from the equities we manage at Berkshire (that is, excluding those managed at General Re and GEICO) have exceeded losses by a ratio of about 100 to one.
投资垃圾债券跟投资股票在许多方面相当雷同，两者都需要评估价格与价值比，并在成千上万个标的中挑选出少数风险/报酬比率最佳者，当然两者在原则上也有许多明显的不同，在投资股票时，我们预期每一笔投资都会成功，因为我们已将资金锁定在少数几家财务稳健、具备竞争优势并由才干诚信兼具的经理人所经营的公司身上，如果我们以合理的价格买进这类公司时，损失发生的机率通常非常小，确实在我们经营Berkshire 的38年当中(扣除通用再保与GEICO的投资)，投资获利的个案比起投资亏损的比例约为100比1。
