作出一项投资决策就像是陈述一个科学假说并将其付诸实际检验,主要区别在于构成投资决策基础的假说是为了嫌钱,而不是建立一种普遍的概括。 Making an investment decision is like formulating a scientific hypothesis and submitting it to a practical test. The main difference is that the hypothesis that underlies an investment decision is intended to make money and not to establish a universally valid generalization. ——乔治•索罗斯 (George Soros,著名金融投机家)
He pulled a cap over his head and prepared again to withstand the public. He says he has a way of negotiating big-city crowds: "If you pick a point far behind them they perceive you as not seeing them, and you*re the obstacle they have to get around." For a moment, he sounded positively Sherlockian. "There is a way of just shadowing through," he continued. "The higher the walls, the more dark the windows, the bigger the sunglasses — the more people are going to look. The greatest disguise is learning how to be invisible in plain sight. 离开时,康伯巴奇在头上戴了顶帽子,又一次做好了和公众打交道的准备。他说在大城市的人群中穿行他有自已的一套办法:“如果你目光聚焦在他们身后很远的地方,他们会以为你没有看见他们,这样你就成了人群不得不绕开的障碍物。”这会儿他听上去跟夏洛克没什么两样:“总有办法混迹于人群之中,”他接着说道:“墙越高,窗户越黑,墨镜越大,就越会引人注意。最好的伪装术就是学会在光天化日之下变成隐身人。”