Buffett's preferred measure of Berkshire's performance is the growth in its book value, which is a calculation of the company's assets minus its liabilities.

巴菲特倾向于用净资产的增长率来衡量伯克希尔公司的经营业绩，净资产指用公司的资产减去公司的负债。

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Book value, a measure of assets minus liabilities, rose to $59.94 a share at the main business, from $54.63 on March 31.

第二季度，主要业务帐面价值（Book value，帐面价值指的是股票实际的资产价值，也就是公司的总资产净值除以发行股票数量后所得出的值）由3月31日的54.63美元，上涨至59.94美元。

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The value of assets or liabilities shows on balance sheet. For example the book value of fixed assets equals to the original purchase cost minus the accumulated depreciation.

资产负债表中所反映的资产或负债的账面价值。例如固定资产的账面价值等于购入成本减去累计折旧。

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Wells Fargo ( WFC) and US Bancorp ( USB), however, trade far above their tangible book value, and their non-deposit liabilities make up just 21.7% and 23.2% of their total liabilities, respectively.

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As such, their book value, or the difference between assets and liabilities, more accurately reflects market conditions that of other companies.

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But the Financial Times reported that financial stocks are trading above the book value (assets, including cash, minus liabilities) of the companies for the first time since July.

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