巴菲特致股东的信-2000年

To the Shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.:
致Berkshire所有股东:
Our gain in net worth during 2000 was $3.96 billion, which increased the per-share book value of both our Class A and Class B stock by 6.5%. Over the last 36 years (that is, since present management took over) per-share book value has grown from $19 to $40,442, a gain of 23.6% compounded annually.*
本公司2000年的净值增加了39.6亿美元，每股A股或B股的帐面净值成长了6.5%，累计过去36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40,442美元，年复合成长率约为23.6%*。
**All figures used in this report apply to Berhire'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。
Overall, we had a decent year, our book-value gain having outpaced the performance of the S&P 500. And, though this judgment is necessarily subjective, we believe Berkshire’s gain in per-share intrinsic value moderately exceeded its gain in book value. (Intrinsic value, as well as other key investment and accounting terms and concepts, are explained in our Owner’s Manual on pages 59-66. Intrinsic value is discussed on page 64.）
总的来说，Berkshire去年的表现还算不错，不管是每股净值或价值的表现都超越S&P500指数，虽然这样的说法略显主观，但我们认为Berkshire每股实质价值的成长甚至超过帐面价值的成长，(不管是投资学或是会计学，实质价值都是相当关键的一个名词，有关实质价值详细的说明，请参阅股东手册)。