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多年以来,投资者们都喜欢玩这样一个游戏:猜测巴菲特的投资动向,然后趋之若鹜地做出同样的投资,希望借此赚上一笔。不过,在引领潮流方面做得更好的却是默多克。他总是会做一些引起人们质疑的收购和投资,这些投资行为在当时看起来很可能不那么物有所值,有些过于冒险,但最终都创造出了令人惊讶的利润。然而,默多克所做的股票或对冲基金投资,无论有多么大胆和成功,都比不上他最近的一次出人意料之举——收购网络社区MySpace.com。默多克麾下的新闻集团去年花了令人咋舌的6.49亿美元巨资收购MySpace的母公司。(新闻集团还出资买下了其他一系列互联网公司。)当默多克买下MySpace之时,那些精于计算的人指出:这个价格过高了,默多克此举是一种倒退,和1990~2000年高科技行业繁荣期
Over the years, investors like to play such a game: guess Buffett’s investment trends, and then rush to make the same investment, hoping to make a fortune. However, Murdoch is better at leading the trend. He always makes dozens of acquisitions and investments that cause people to question them, which at the time seemed likely to be less value for money, more risky, and ultimately, astonishing profits. However, Murdoch’s stock or hedge fund investments, no matter how daring and successful, are less impressive than his recent surprise acquisition of MySpace, an online community. com. News Corp., a unit under Rupert Murdoch, spent a staggering $ 649 million last year buying MySpace’s parent company. (News Corp. also financed a host of other Internet companies.) When Murdoch bought MySpace, those who calculated well pointed out: The price is too high, and the move by Murdoch is a reversal, and High-tech industry during the boom of 1990-2000