They think, I'm really a smart investor, I figured it out,; it can reinforce the behavior until they get to maybe some terrible end.

他们会想我真是个聪明的投资人,我制定了如此有效的投资策略,这种想法使他们的自我膨胀加剧,直到他们遇到挫折或打击

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You get nineteen times your money over eighty-one years, but then if you take into account the inflation consumes a multiple of eleven and you're an institution like Yale that consumes only after inflation returns, putting your money into treasury bills really didn't get you very much.

1年后你的钱翻了19倍,但是如果考虑通货膨胀,在此期间侵蚀了11倍的收益,而且如果你是像耶鲁这样,减去通货膨胀调整到实际回报后再论支出,那么将钱投资于短期国库券,不会让你赚得多

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