巴菲特迄今最成功的六笔投资

    最近在谈论巴菲特时，如果你想一鸣惊人，那就说“奥马哈先知的水晶球失灵”好了。10月中旬，巴菲特在短短两天内就在可口可乐公司（Coke）和IBM身上损失了20亿美元，这一消息一度抢占了各大媒体的头条。而巴菲特已经表态，对这两家公司的股权投资是长期的而且他丝毫没有减持。他甚至还表示，希望IBM的股价短期内仍保持这么廉价。这一切似乎让人更加确信这位世界上最伟大的选股大师已经丧失灵敏了。

    去年，巴菲特执掌的伯克希尔哈撒韦公司（Berkshire Hathaway）账面价值升幅严重落后于标准普尔500指数，史上第一次出现五年涨幅落后于该大市指数的情况。巴菲特承认，最近几年他的表现不如自己亲自挑选的继任者托德•库姆斯和泰德•威施勒。【《财富》（Fortune）杂志最近一篇文章的主题正是库姆斯和威施勒获得强于大市的表现。】今年早些时候，《纽约时报》（The New York Times）援引最近的一项研究报道称，巴菲特跑赢大市的能力已基本消失。

    但是，巴菲特整个职业生涯中最成功的几笔投资都是他在过去几年中发起的。此外，如果有人说巴菲特不再灵光，那么他肯定忘了一件事。伯克希尔哈撒韦公司的股价是一路上涨的，过去五年来涨幅超过一倍。这在总体上反映了投资者有多看好伯克希尔哈撒韦公司的股票投资组合（仍有超过85%的股票投资组合由巴菲特和他的长期合作伙伴查理•芒格管理）以及该公司多年来所收购的数十家公司【其中包括铁路公司伯灵顿北方公司（Burlington Northern）、时思糖果公司（See’s Candies）】。如果硬要说巴菲特遇到了瓶颈，那只是因为他多年来的辉煌战绩确实很难突破了。

    以下是巴菲特史上最成功的几笔投资，以年度回报率排名。这些交易是巴菲特璀璨投资生涯的最好证明。虽然巴菲特对可口可乐公司、Capital Cities/ABC公司、吉列公司（Gillette）以及汽车保险商Geico等公司的成功投资被业内广为传颂，但它们都没有好到能登上本榜单的份上。以下是上榜投资案例：

    These days, the thing to say if you want to sound smart about Warren Buffett is that the Oracle of Omaha’s crystal ball has cracked. In mid-October, headlines blared that Buffett had lost $2 billion in just two days on Coke and IBM IBM 0.03% .Nevermind that Buffett has said those investements are long-term holdings, that he hasn’t sold a share of either company’s stock, and that he would prefer it if IBM’s shares stayed cheap, for now. It seemed to reinforce the notion that the world’s great stock picker had lost it.

    Last year, the book value of Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway badly trailed the S&P 500, increasing less than the broad market index over the past five years for the first time in history. Buffett has acknowledged that his hand picked successors Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, have done better in recent years than he has. (Combs’ and Weschler’s market beating performance was the subject of a recent Fortune story.) Earlier this year, The New York Times highlighted a recent study that found Buffett’s ability to do better than the market has mostly disappeared.

    And yet, some of Buffett’s best investments of his entire career have been ones he has made in the past few years. What’s more, if Buffett has lost it, someone forgot to tell the market. Share of Berkshire BRK.A 0.46% are way up, have more than doubled in the past five years. That’s generally a reflection of how well investors think Berkshire’s stock market portfolio, still over 85% managed by Buffett and his long-time partner Charlie Munger, as well as the businesses they have bought over the years—including railroad company Burlington Northern, See’s Candies, and dozens of others—are doing. If Buffett has hit a lull, that’s only because the comparison he has built up for himself over the years is tough to top.

    Here are Buffett’s greatest investments of all time, ranked by annual average rate of return. It’s a testament to how successful Buffett has been. Even some of Buffett’s best-known investment successes, like Coke KO 1.16% , Capital Cities/ABC, Gillette, and auto insurance company Geico, were not good enough to make the list. Here are the ones that did: