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经典重译之股票大作手回忆录(266)，原文(296): After that，one after another of the fellows tried to coax the market to pay for that coat．One day I said I would buy it to keep the office from going broke．But they all said that it wasn't a sporting thing to do；that if I wanted the coat for myself I ought to let the market give it to me． But Ed Harding strongly approved of my intention and that same afternoon I went to the furrier's to buy it．I found out that a man from Chicago had bought it the week before． That was only one case．There isn't a man in Wall Street who has not lost money trying to make the market pay for an automobile or a bracelet or a motor boat or a painting． I could build a huge hospital with the birthday presents that the tight-fisted stock market has refused to pay for． In fact，of all hoodoos in Wall Street I think the resolve to induce the stock market to act as a fairy godmother is the busiest and most persistent． Like all well-authenticated hoodoos this has its reason for being．What does a man do when he sets out to make the stock market pay for a sudden need？Why，he merely hopes．He gambles．He therefore runs much greater risks than he would if he were speculating intelligently，in accordance with opinions or beliefs logically arrived at after a dispassionate study of underlying conditions．其他版本译文(296): 之后，他们一个挨一个想通过股市买件皮外套。有一天，我说：我去买了，省得公司破产。可大家都说这样做很不光彩，如果想买就利用股市。不过，哈丁先生很支持我，那天下午，我去皮货店去买这件衣服，得知有个芝加哥商人一周前就把它买走了。这只是个例子。在华尔街有很多人想通过股市赚到买汽车、首饰、游艇、名画的钱，却最终赔了本。那些被市场拒绝支付的礼物钱，都能建起一座大医院了。事实上，华尔街所有的扫把星当中，我认为想说服市场担任乐善好施的小仙女这种想法是最忙碌又最常见的扫把星。像所有千真万确的扫把星一样，这个扫把星有它存在的道理。一个人要想从市场上赚到他想要的东西，怎么办？他就会成为大赌客，承担比他冷静研究基本形势，得到合理的信念和意见，再据以聪明地投机时更大的风险。我的译文(296): 之后，他们那帮家伙前赴后继的跟市场较劲，以为市场好忽悠，能够为他们心目中那件大衣买单。这天，我说再这样下去，整个营业部的人都得破产，我干脆去把它买下来吧。可是他们全都反对，他们说这不是钱的事儿，而更像是一种体育比赛，公平起见，如果谁想要得到那件大衣，都应该让市场来买单。(译者注:哈哈，难道这样才更显得有范儿吗？) 但Ed Harding强烈赞同我的想法，于是当天下午我就赶去皮草店了，结果店家说，一个芝加哥人上周就已经把它买走了。在华尔街，这种事，这样的人屡见不鲜，妄图把市场当成自己家开的银行，无论他们想要什么，比如汽车、手镯、摩托艇、名画，他们以为随时都可以让市场来买单，而每当他们这么干时，没有不亏钱的。想让股票市场为生日礼物买单的人，不但不会得逞，还会被市场握紧拳头揍的鼻青脸肿的，他们为此所遭受的损失，都够我开一家巨大的医院了。事实上，在华尔街，把市场当救主，是很多人心中顽固的执念。如果市场是天使或圣母，那她无疑是最繁忙的神了，因为太多人想指望她了。可是当你有这种想法时，那对你绝不是什么好事！就像魔咒一样，有些不祥之兆屡有应验，那是有原因的，这个也不例外。人因为自己的突发需求而急着进入股市，他会怎么做？无非是心存侥幸，赌一把而已，相比于冷静研究基本面后，凭理性推导的观点或信念进行明智的投机，他们那种做法的风险无疑要大的多。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）上一集: