* 전설적인 펀드 매니저 피터 린치의 "전설로 떠나는 월가의 영웅" 원서를 통해 투자공부와 영어공부, 두 마리 토끼를 모두 잡기 위한 컨텐츠입니다.
* 원서 제목은 "One up on wall street" 입니다.
오늘은 8장입니다. 8장 The Perfect Stock, What a Deal!
# The greatest spinoffs of all were the “Baby Bell” companies that were created
in the breakup of ATT: Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, Bell South, Nynex, Pacific
Telesis, Southwestern Bell, and US West. While the parent has been an
uninspiring performer, the average gain from stock in the seven newly created
companies was 114 percent from November, 1983, to October, 1988. Add in
the dividends and the total return is more like 170 percent. This beats the
market twice around, and it beats the majority of all known mutual funds,
including the one run by yours truly.
☞ uninspiring : not making you feel interested or excited
an uninspiring and disappointing campaign
# Once liberated, the seven regional companies were able to increase earnings,
cut costs, and enjoy higher profits. They got all the local and regional telephone
business, the yellow pages, along with 50 cents for every $1 of long-distance
business generated by ATT. It was a great niche. They had already gone through
an earlier period of heavy spending on modern equipment, so they didn’t have to
dilute shareholders’ equity by selling extra stock. And human nature being what
it is, the seven Baby Bells set up a healthy competition amongst themselves, and
also between themselves and their proud parent, Ma Bell. Ma, meanwhile, was
losing its stranglehold on its highly profitable leased equipment business, and
facing new competitors such as Sprint and MCI, and sustaining heavy losses in
its computer operations.
☞ the yellow pages : a large book containing the telephone numbers and addresses of businesses and organizations in a particular area
☞ niche : an opportunity to sell a particular product or service that no one else is selling
☞ dilute : to make a liquid less strong by adding water or another liquid
☞ stranglehold : strong power over someone or something that prevents them from having any freedom to act
☞ '어떤 분야에서 지배력을 잃어가고 있다'를 영어로 어떻게 할까요?
was losing its stranglehold on its highly profitable leased equipment business
is losing the stranglehold on the business
☞ sustain : to experience loss, injury, damage etc
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