巴菲特致股东的信-1998年

Buffett’s Letters To Berkshire Shareholders 1998
巴菲特致股东的信1998年
Our gain in net worth during 1998 was $25.9 billion, whicincreased the per-share book value of both our Class A and Class B stock by 48.3%. Over the last 34 years (that is, since present management took over) per-share book value has grown from $19 to $37,801, a rate of 24.7% compounded annually.*
1998年本公司的净值增加了259亿美元，每股帐面净值不管是A级股或B级股皆成长了48.3%，总计过去34年以来，也就是自从现有经营阶层接手之后，每股净值由当初的19元成长到现在的37,801美元，年复合成长率约为24.7%*。

All figures used in this report apply to Berkshire's A shares, the successor to the only stock that the company had outstanding before 1996. The B shares have an economic interest equal to 1/30th that of the A.
*1在年报中所谓的每股数字系以A级普通股约当数为基础，这是本公司在1996年以前流通在外唯一的一种股份，B级普通股则拥有A级普通股三十分之一的权利。