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苹果和Facebook给投资者的启示

这不只是一种本能反应，也是相信苹果将来还能够继续产生利润。低利率有助于投资者着眼长期，因为它实际上降低了今天所投入资金的价值（想想你把钱存在银行那点微薄的利息）、增加了将来所取得回报的价值。

'What we are seeing with Apple's rise and Facebook fall is a long-term story,' says Frank Partnoy, a professor of finance and law at the University of San Diego, whose latest book, 'Wait,' extols the merits of thinking before acting. 'People are looking at the two business models and saying: 'Apple is going to be around and Facebook might or might not be around.''

圣迭戈大学(University of San Diego)金融与法律教授弗兰克·帕特诺伊(Frank Partnoy)说，苹果崛起与Facebook衰落体现的是一个长期概念；人们看着这两种商业模式说，苹果会活下去，Facebook可能会活下去，也可能活不下去。他的最新力作《等待：延迟的艺术与科学》(Wait: The Art and Science of Delay)赞美了三思而后行的价值。

If the thought of Facebook disappearing sounds preposterous, glance, if you will, at the scrap heap of once-hot technology companies -- from Netscape Communications Inc. to Myspace (formerly owned by The Wall Street Journal's parent company, News Corp.) -- or the army of severely wounded firms such as Nokia Corp, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Research In Motion Ltd.

如果你觉得Facebook销声匿迹的想法听起来荒唐可笑，不妨看看曾经红极一时的科技公司──如网景(Netscape Communications Inc.)，如《华尔街日报》母公司资讯集团(News Corp.)曾经拥有的Myspace──留下的烂摊子，也不妨看看诺基亚(Nokia Corp)、惠普(Hewlett-Packard Co.)和Research In Motion Ltd.等众多伤痕累累的公司。