Milf的确切定义是什么?

Milf(或MILF,全大写),这个词是美国男人们词库中必备的热词/俚语之一。你知道它具体代表的意思是什么吗?

严格来说,Milf并非一个真正的词,它最初是由四个单词的首字母合成而来,代表:Mom/Mother I‘d Like to F*ck,英文意思非常赤裸、直白。其中文意思则相当于:熟女、辣妈。

那么Milf的确切定义是什么呢?Google英文词典的解释为:a sexually attractive older woman, typically one who has children.(年龄偏大、性感诱惑的成熟女性,通常有孩子)。Milf可以有孩子,也可以没孩子;可以是已婚,也可以是单身或离异,这些不是重点,关键在于其是否浑身上下透出成熟、性感、诱人的风情。Milf的年龄通常介于30-50多岁。

Milf这个词早在1995便在新闻组(news group)中现身,但其流行得归功于美国青春喜剧片《美国派》(American Pie, 1999),在剧中MILF用来特指Stifler’s mom(史蒂夫勒的妈妈,Jennifer Coolidge饰)。《美国派》大热后,这个单词也逐步从小众走向主流,成为经典热词。

最后,让我们重温American Pie中的一段搞笑场景:

[while looking at a picture of Stifler’s mom]

MILF Guy #2: Dude, chick’s a MILF!

MILF Guy #1: What the hell is that?

MILF Guy #2: M-I-L-F Mom I’d Like to Fuck!

MILF Guy #1: Yeah dude! Yeah!

MILF Guys: MILF, MILF, MILF! [MILF Guy #1 proceeds to lick picture]

(点击milf,收听电影中的原声音频(mp3格式))

参考链接:

What does MILF mean?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MILF

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/milf

http://www.moviequotedb.com/movies/american-pie/quote_1501.html

彼得.林奇投资名言: You’re never going to be right nine times out of ten…

“In this business if you’re good, you’re right six times out of ten. You’re never going to be right nine times out of ten. This is not like pure science where you go, “Aha” and you’ve got the answer. By the time you’ve got “Aha,” Chrysler’s already quadrupled or Boeing’s quadrupled. You have to take a little bit of risk.”

— Peter Lynch

“倘若你是投资高手,你选股的正确率能达到60%。但你永远无法做到90%。投资并非纯科学,不可能说一声“啊哈!”,就发现了正确答案。股票投资这一行,等你想明白说“啊哈”的时候,克莱斯勒的股价可能已经翻了四倍,或者波音早已翻了四倍。你必须得冒一点风险。”

— 彼得.林奇

参考链接:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/betting/pros/lynch.html

什么是smart beta?

Smart beta,或smart-beta,是近年来美国金融投资领域一个较为热门的概念,常见于描述投资组合或基金的构建策略。Research Affiliates是应用Smart beta方法的先行者,其对smart beta的定义如下:

Smart beta strategies are designed to add value by systematically selecting, weighting, and rebalancing portfolio holdings on the basis of factors or characteristics other than market capitalization.

Smart beta is a rules-based portfolio construction process. Traditional index-linked strategies rely on price to decide which stocks to invest in and how much of each to hold… Smart beta strategies seek to exploit these market inefficiencies by anchoring on factors other than price. (Its) strategies break the link between price and portfolio weight in an effort to deliver better-than-market returns.

(来源:见参考链接(1)

以上内容的意思大体是说,常规的指数跟踪型投资组合或基金往往根据股票的价格(或市值,market capitalization)高低来确定其在投资组合中的权重,而smart beta则刻意避开这种做法,试图通过一些其他指标来确定组合中的股票所占权重,以求获取超越市场平均水平的收益。

Smart beta,中文里可以翻译为:聪明贝塔。

其常采用的指标包括:book value(账面价值), dividends(分红), sales(营收), cash flow(现金流),momentum(动能/趋势),volatility(流动性)等。

目前美国投资市场上被冠以smart beta名号的基金多达数百只,一些有代表性的知名smart beta基金包括:Vanguard Growth ETF,iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF,JPMorgan Diversified Return Global Equity等。

参考链接:

(1) https://www.researchaffiliates.com/en_us/insights/smart-beta.html

(2) http://lexicon.ft.com/Term?term=smart-beta

(3) http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/19/investing/smart-beta-explained/index.html

金融、小贷行业里的origination(s)是什么意思,如何理解?

Origination(复数originations),具有“起始、起源”的意思。但origination在金融、银行、小贷等行业中还是一个专用术语。下文中,英易搜和大家快速分享:金融、小贷行业里的origination(s)是什么意思,如何理解?

Investopedia对其的英文解释为:(Origination) is the multi-step process every individual must go through when obtaining a mortgage or home loan, as well as other types of personal loans.(Origination指的是借款人在获得按揭或房贷(或其他个人贷款)时需经历的多个流程。)Origination在中文里可以考虑翻译为:贷款审核流程、贷款发放手续。

参考英文例句:The bank streamlined its loan origination process to make getting a loan much easier.(该银行简化了其贷款发放流程,使获得贷款变得更加容易。)

参考链接:

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/origination.asp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loan_origination

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/origination

Howard Marks英文名言:I always remind people overpriced…

“I always remind people overpriced is not the same as going down tomorrow. And if you bear that simple truth in mind, I think it helps.”

— Howard Marks

“我总是提醒人们,价格虚高并不意味着明天就要回落。如果你能记住这个简单的事实,则会受益。”

— 霍华德·马克斯