????上周六，沃倫?巴菲特在伯克希爾-哈撒韋公司（Berkshire Hathaway）的年度股東大會上現(xiàn)場回答了投資者、記者和分析師的提問，還第一次邀請了一位做空伯克希爾-哈撒韋股票的投資者道格?卡斯上臺。（“你還沒說服我們賣出股票，請繼續(xù)努力，”巴菲特對其中一個問題給出了這樣的回答。）提問涉及的范圍很廣泛，從當(dāng)前美國面臨的挑戰(zhàn)到美聯(lián)儲（Fed）的刺激性措施，甚至包括內(nèi)衣（伯克希爾擁有Fruit of the Loom內(nèi)衣品牌），無所不及。下面是我們收獲的六點(diǎn)啟示：

????1) 巴菲特認(rèn)為，美國經(jīng)濟(jì)面臨的最大威脅是不斷增長的醫(yī)療成本。美國經(jīng)濟(jì)中每1美元就有17.5美分用于醫(yī)療，大大高于其他國家的8美分。巴菲特稱，這是一大競爭劣勢。

????2) 企業(yè)利潤可能已經(jīng)觸頂，至少從企業(yè)利潤占經(jīng)濟(jì)的百分比來看是這樣。巴菲特稱，企業(yè)狀況已經(jīng)顯著復(fù)蘇，但失業(yè)率仍處于高位。他認(rèn)為，這種兩極狀態(tài)將繼續(xù)是“公開討論”的熱點(diǎn)。但他認(rèn)為，美國GDP將繼續(xù)增長。因此不全是壞消息。

????3) 巴菲特還沒用過虛擬貨幣交易系統(tǒng)Mt. Gox。巴菲特稱，他對最近熱議的虛擬貨幣比特幣（Bitcoin）了解不多。巴菲特的合伙人查理?芒格稱，他不相信比特幣能夠成為切實(shí)可行的貨幣。巴菲特相信，在未來一些年，美元仍將是默認(rèn)的“世界貨幣”，或許永遠(yuǎn)都會是。巴菲特說：“在我們持有的490億美元中，我們還沒有將任何一部分轉(zhuǎn)為比特幣?！?/p>

????4) 巴菲特并不擔(dān)心可能再次出現(xiàn)金融危機(jī)，但芒格可能有這樣的擔(dān)憂。巴菲特稱，他不擔(dān)心銀行會不會制造下一輪泡沫或危機(jī)。他沒有計劃拋售所持任何一家大銀行的股票，包括富國銀行（Wells Fargo）、U.S. Bancorp和M&T Bancorp。但巴菲特的確表示，多德-弗蘭克法案（Dodd-Frank）和其他一些新的監(jiān)管措施降低了銀行業(yè)可能產(chǎn)生的回報。

????不過，芒格認(rèn)為，需要加強(qiáng)對大銀行的管控。比如，他指出，金融衍生品市場已變得過于龐大，應(yīng)當(dāng)從傳統(tǒng)銀行業(yè)務(wù)中剝離出來。芒格說：“大銀行的財務(wù)報表很難理解。”

????5) 巴菲特仍然需要為它所做的報紙投資進(jìn)行辯護(hù)。巴菲特首次表示，收購小型報紙讓他獲得了稅收利益。

????6) 巴菲特依然看好美國。他說：“我認(rèn)為，今天在美國出生的小孩將來的人生機(jī)遇將比過去任何時候都要好?！保ㄘ敻恢形木W(wǎng)）

????At Berkshire Hathaway's (BRKA) annual meeting on Saturday, Warren Buffett fielded questions from investors, journalists, analysts and, for the first time, invited onto the stage one investor, Doug Kass, who is betting against Berkshire's stocks. ("You haven't convinced us yet to sell our stock, but keep working," said Buffett in response to one question.) The questions ranged from those about the challenges facing America, the Fed's stimulus efforts and underwear (Berkshire owns Fruit of the Loom). Here's what we learned:

????1) The biggest threat facing the U.S. economy is rising health care costs, says Buffett. The U.S. economy spends 17.5 cents of every dollar on health care, compared to 8 cents in other countries. Buffett said that's a major competitive disadvantage.

????2) Corporate profits may have peaked, at least as a percentage of the economy. Buffett says corporations have made an amazing recovery, but he notes that the unemployment rate remains high. He said he thought that dichotomy would remain a topic of "public discourse." But he thinks GDP will grow. So not all bad.

????3) Buffett hasn't been to Mt. Gox. He says doesn't know much about Bitcoin, the virtual currency that has been gotten a lot of buzz lately. Buffett's partner Charlie Munger said that he has no confidence that Bitcoin will become a viable meaningful currency. Buffett said he thinks the dollar will remain the world's default currency for years to come, perhaps forever. "Of our $49 billion, we haven't moved any of it into Bitcoins," says Buffett.

????4) Buffett isn't worried about another financial crisis, but Munger may be. Buffett says he doesn't worry about banks creating the next bubble or bust. And he says he has no plans to sell the shares he has in any of the big banks, including Wells Fargo (WFC), U.S. Bancorp (USB) and M&T Bancorp (MTB). But Buffett does says that Dodd-Frank and other new regulations have lowered the returns banks can generate.

????Munger, though, says he thinks more should be done to reign in the big banks. For one, he thinks the market for financial derivatives has gotten too big and should be separated from traditional banks. "The financial statements of big banks are hard to understand," says Munger.

????5) Buffett still has to defend his investment in newspapers. For the first time, Buffett says he's getting a tax benefit from buying small newspapers.

????6) Buffett is still bullish on America. "I believe a baby born in America today will have better opportunities in life than ever before," says Buffett.