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Chapter 20 · Part Six: Leverage Can KillOutline

Leverage Won't Make You Smarter

杠杆不会让你变聪明

Leverage creates nothing; it only amplifies what is already there.

Wallace Wang · Updated 2026-09-14

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Chapter summary

This is where I apply the brakes to the whole book. If someone's investing judgement is poor, leverage only helps them be wrong faster. If a business does not make money, more debt will not necessarily save it. Without cash flow, even an excellent long-term asset may have to be sold at the worst moment.

Leverage does not create excellence. It only amplifies what already exists.
中文原稿 · Chinese manuscript

在这一章,我要给整本书踩一脚刹车。

  • —如果一个人的投资能力是错的,杠杆只会让他错得更快。
  • —如果一个企业本身不赚钱,更多债务不一定能救它。
  • —如果一个人没有现金流,再好的长期资产也可能被迫卖掉。
杠杆不会创造优秀,它只会放大原本存在的东西。

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