《股票作手回忆录·第十四章·游戏永不变·人性永不变》第25节
And that is how I came back. After I paid off my debts in full I put a pretty fair amount into annuities. I made up my mind I wasn’t going to be strapped and uncomfortable and minus a stake ever again. Of course, after I married I put some money in trust for my wife. And after the boy came I put some in trust for him. The reason I did this was not alone the fear that the stock market might take it away from me, but because I knew that a man will spend anything he can lay his hands on. By doing what I did my wife and child are safe from me. More than one man I know has done the same thing, but has coaxed his wife to sign off when he needed the money, and he has lost it. But I have fixed it up so that no matter what I want or what my wife wants, that trust holds. It is absolutely safe from all attacks by either of us; safe from my market needs; safe even from a devoted wife’s love. I’m taking no chances!
注释摘要
这段文字是利弗莫尔对自己东山再起后如何处置财富的自白，写于1917年初他回到纽约、彻底清偿债务之后。要理解他为什么一拿到钱就急着买年金、设信托，必须先回到他刚刚经历的那四年。从1911年到1915年初，美国股市处于一战后、一战前的长期低迷期，行情胶着、交投清淡，利弗莫尔不仅把从前的巨额财富全部亏光，还欠下超过一百万美元的债务，其中有些债权人天天追着他要账，…