* 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.
이제부터는 12장 Getting the Facts입니다.
# Somehow, that this average person was so well-off thanks to Tandon seemed
too good to be true. The stock already had gone up eightfold into high p/e
euphoria. Thinking about this for a minute, I realized that if Tandon doubled
again, the investor relations man would be worth $40 million. For me to make
money in the stock, he would have to get twice as rich as he was already, and
already he was many times richer than I figured he should be. The whole setup
just wasn’t realistic. There were other reasons I declined to invest, but the
interview was the kicker. The stock dropped from $35¼ to $1⅜, adjusted for
splits.
☞ euphoria : a feeling of great happiness that usually lasts for a short time only
# I had identical reservations about the founder and principal shareholder in
Televideo, whom I’d met at a group luncheon in Boston. Already he owned
$100 million worth of shares in a company with a high p/e ratio, and in the very
competitive computer peripherals industry. I thought to myself: If I make money
in Televideo, this guy is going to be worth $200 million. That didn’t seem
realistic, either. I declined to invest, and that stock went from $40½ in 1983 to
$1 in 1987.
I could never prove this scientifically, but if you can’t imagine how a
company representative could ever get that rich, chances are you’re right.
☞ identical :
All the plants were grown under identical conditions.
☞ peripherals : a piece of equipment that you can connect to a computer, such as a printer
☞ chances are : used for saying that something is likely to happen but is not certain
# KICKING THE TIRES
From the time Carolyn discovered L’eggs in the supermarket, and I
discovered Taco Bell via the burrito, I’ve continued to believe that wandering
through stores and tasting things is a fundamental investment strategy. It’s
certainly no substitute for asking key questions, as the Bildner’s case proves. But
when you’re developing a story, it’s reassuring to be able to check out the
practical end of it.
☞ reassuring : making you feel less worried
a reassuring smile
☞ burrito : a type of Mexican food made with a tortilla (=a piece of flat thin bread) that is folded over and filled with meat or beans and cheese
# I’d already heard about Toys “R” Us from my friend Peter deRoetth, but one
trip to the nearest local outlet convinced me that this company knew how to sell
toys. If you asked customers if they liked the place, they all seemed to say that
they planned to come back.
Before I bought La Quinta, I spent those three nights in their motor inns.
Before I bought Pic ’N’ Save, I stopped in at one of their stores in California and
was impressed with the bargains. Pic ’N’ Save’s strategy was to take discontinued
products out of the regular distribution channels and offer them at fire-sale
prices.
☞ fire-sale : an occasion when goods are sold at low prices because a shop or factory has been damaged by fire
☞ discontinued products : a discontinued product is no longer produced or sold
# I could have gotten that information from investor relations, but it wasn’t the
same as seeing the brand-name cologne for 79 cents a bottle, and the customers
oohing and aahing over it. A financial analyst might have told me about the
millions of dollars’ worth of Lassie Dog Food that Pic ’N’ Save bought from
Campbell’s Soup after Campbell’s got out of the dog-food business, and that Pic
’N’ Save promptly resold for a huge profit. But watching the people line up with
their carts full of dog food, you could see proof that the strategy was working.
☞ cologne : a liquid with a pleasant smell that you put on your skin. It is usually less expensive than perfume.
# When I visited a Pep Boys outlet at a new location in California, a salesman
there almost sold me a set of tires. I only wanted to look the place over, but he
was so enthusiastic that I almost had four new tires shipped home with me on
the airplane. He could have been an aberration, but I figured with personnel like
that, Pep Boys could sell anything. Sure enough, they have.
☞ aberration: something that is not normal or not what you would usually expect
a genetic aberration
# After Apple computer fell apart and the stock dropped from $60 to $15, I
wondered if the company would ever recover from its difficulties, and whether I
should consider it as a turnaround. Apple’s new Lisa, its entry into the lucrative
business market, had been a total failure. But when my wife told me that she and
the children needed a second Apple for the house, and when the Fidelity systems
manager told me that Fidelity was buying 60 new Macintoshes for the office,
then I just learned that (a) Apple still was popular in the home market, and (b) it
was making new inroads in the business market. I bought a million shares and I
haven’t regretted it.
☞ inroads :
make inroads into/in/on something
# My faith in Chrysler was considerably strengthened after my conversation
with Lee Iacocca, who made a very bullish case for an auto industry revival, for
Chrysler’s successful cost-cutting, and for its improved lineup of cars. Outside
the headquarters I noticed that the executive parking lot was half empty, another
sign of progress. But my real enthusiasm developed in visiting a showroom and
getting in and out of new Lasers, New Yorkers, and LeBaron convertibles.
☞ bullish : expecting a successful future
☞ make a case for something
idiom (UK also make out a case for something)
☞ make a case for (something)
# Over the years Chrysler had developed the reputation as the old fogy’s car,
but from what I saw, it was obvious they were putting more pizzazz into the
recent models—especially the convertible. (That one they made by cutting the
tops off the regular LeBaron hardtops.)
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