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It’s amazing how high fuel prices have gone this year.  In short, like many Americans, I’ve simply had enough of paying so much for gas.  Honestly, it’s such a total waste of money don’t you think?它的惊人有多高燃油价格已在今年。总而言之，像许多美国人，我已经受够了，根本支付了这么多气。老实说，它的这样一个总浪费金钱不你觉得呢？ The quality of the ride we’re getting at $3.50 a gallon for driving doesn’t feel any better than it did at $2.25 a gallon.  For the increased price of fuel there is no additional satisfaction or more importantly, no contribution to a greater good gained from paying more to do the same thing with a gallon of gas.  It’s actually worse, and a waste of money.  And that’s the rub for most of us.高质量的乘坐我们得到的3.50美元一加仑的驾驶感到身体不适，任何优于它在2.25美元一加仑。为增加燃料的价格是没有额外的满意或更重要的是，没有任何的贡献，更大的好所得的支付更多的做同样的事情，与一加仑的气体，它的其实更糟的是，和浪费金钱。和的摩擦对我们大多数人。

So what am I doing about it?  Personally we’ve already drastically reduced our vehicle use, and are investigating more fuel efficient cars for the future.  But that really doesn’t change much in the face of rising prices, except maintaining the status quo.  And I just don’t think the status quo is good enough anymore. I was looking back over the past 12 months and was surprised that we were paying almost a dollar less per gallon for several months last year.  Then in late summer, prices began a slow climb, spiking after the new year and reaching an average of $3.50 a gallon this week.那么，我做了呢？个人，我们已经大大减少了我们的汽车使用，现正调查更省油的车，为未来的，但真的没有太大变化，在面对价格上涨，除维持现状。我只是不认为现状是不够好了，我回首过去的12个月，并感到惊奇的是，我们付出了近1美元少，每加仑数个月，去年则在夏末，价格开始缓慢攀升，扣球后，新的一年里和深远的平均3.50美元一加仑 ，这周。

So now, with a humble voice from the wilderness, I’m calling for an Energy Summit for Congress, the Administration and leading oil company experts to sit down and begin devising a strategy to take the nation out of the grip of oil dependence .  Not a new theme, but has any legislator or administration official proposed anything constructive in the face of oil price inflation?  Sure oil company executives have been called on the carpet to testify before Congress, but to what end?  Grandstanding by politicians to make us think they’re doing something? Do we realistically think companies that are in business to make a profit should start to not work to make a profit? Is that going to benefit our economy and those who need the fuel these companies produce?  Does anyone really think that making oil companies the scapegoats will solve America’s oil dependence problems?   More importantly, has the SEC or any governing body investigated the impact of energy sector speculation or the influence that the rise of sovereign wealth funds have had on market dynamics?所以现在，一个谦卑的声音从旷野中， 我要求一个能源首脑会议的国会，政府和领导油公司的专家坐下来，并开始制定一项战略，采取国家出于对掌握石油的依赖 。不会一个新的主题，但有任何立委或政府官员提出的任何建设性的，在面对石油价格的通货膨胀？确保油公司高层一直对所谓的地毯前作证，国会，但到什么结束？哗众取宠的政治家使我们相信他们'重新做一些呢？我们切实认为公司是在业务上，以赚取利润，应开始不工作，以赚取利润呢？就是要造福我们的经济和那些谁需要的燃料，这些公司生产？没有人真的认为使油公司的代罪羔羊，将解决美国的石油的依赖问题呢？更重要的是，已证交会或任何理事机构调查的影响，能源部门的猜测或影响的兴起， 主权财富基金已对市场动态呢？

As much as I believe that the the US is being driven towards a greater economic crisis due to energy impacts, my frustration is really a personal issue. Which is due to the simple fact that the engine of the US economy is ultimately distilled into the basic economic units of individuals and families as consumers.   We are the spending sparks of economic activity that drives this great machine, and our ability to do so is being damaged with each passing day.虽然我认为，美国正在推动的迈向一个更大的经济危机，由于能源的影响，我的挫折感实在是一个个人的问题。这是因为一个简单的事实，该引擎的美国经济最终是蒸馏纳入基本经济单位，个人和家庭作为消费者，我们是消费火花，经济活动的推动这一伟大的机器，我们有能力这样做，无非是被破坏，与日新月异。

A few weeks ago I took a short poll asking if high gas prices have affected people’s driving habits .  After a fairly small response, more people indicated that gas prices only affected them “a little”, while the others said “a lot.”  But gas prices really had only been higher for a couple of months.  I’m willing to bet more people would indicate “a lot” today, and over the next few months as fuel prices remain higher.  Have you changed your driving habits?几个星期前我曾在短期内调查要求，如果油价居高不下，影响了人们的驾驶习惯 。后一个相当小的反应，更多的人表示，天然气价格不仅影响了他们的“小” ，而别人说： “很多。 “但天然气价格真的只有较高的数个月。我愿意打赌，更多的人会表示： ”很多： “今天，在未来数月，由于燃油价格仍然较高。你改变您的驾驶习惯？

It’s not just fuel prices though- it’s also the economic costs passed on to consumers because of fuel prices, and higher commodity prices that are causing turmoil across the nation.   So I’m the first to admit that fuel prices and grocery prices affect our family’s choices every single day.  And I feel fortunate, because technically we can afford to drive our cars, commute to work and do what is necessary each day.  So consumers are starting to feel pinched ?  I think that’s an understatement.它不只是燃油价格虽然-这也是经济成本转嫁到消费者，因为燃油价格，和较高的商品价格是造成风暴，在全国范围内，所以我首先承认，燃油价格和杂货店价格影响我们家庭的选择，每一天。我感到非常幸运，因为在技术上我们可以负担，以推动我们的车，通勤工作和做是必要的每一天，所以消费者也开始觉得压紧的呢？我认为的1轻描淡写。

With higher prices something else is given up to accomplish the same tasks.  We don’t go out and eat or visit new places as often as we used to.  And we won’t be traveling as much this year as last year.  We even cancelled a longer vacation we had already planned for the summer because of fuel costs.  We take fewer trips to the store, and the discretionary funds we normally spent on nice-to-have items or entertainment in the past are being used for basic needs such as food and putting gas in the tank to get to work.与较高的价格的东西，否则就是放弃来完成相同的任务，我们不走出去，吃，或访问新的地方，往往是因为我们用。和我们将不会前往多，今年与去年，我们甚至取消了较长的休假，我们已计划在今年夏天，由于燃料成本，我们采取少前往商店，并酌情资金，我们通常用在尼斯到有项目或娱乐，在过去被用于等基本需要作为食物，以及将天然气在坦克去工作。

But there are many other families who can barely afford to get to work or put food on the table each day.  I’ve read of some who may not have the money to pay for gas for a trip to the doctor or hospital.但也有许多其他的家庭，谁可以勉强有能力去工作，或把食物放在桌上，每一天，我已经读过的一些谁未必有资金，以支付为气去医生或医院。 Many Americans live in rural areas and must travel extensively to get to work and fulfill basic needs.  High fuel prices hurt those who must travel greater distances especially hard.  This nation is larger than most nations in the world- and driving long distances is something we are accustomed to.  We are not accustomed to enormous prices for gas to be able to get to the doctor or the grocery store.许多美国人生活在农村地区旅行，必须广泛地去工作和履行的基本需要。燃油价格这样高昂，谁伤害了那些必须前往更远的距离，尤其是辛苦。这个民族是大于大多数国家在世界上和驾驶长途跋涉是值得我们习惯了，我们不是习惯了巨大的价格为气体，以便能够获得向医生或杂货店。

So is the government doing enough?   Is Congress and the President’s administration taking these issues seriously enough?Perhaps what really bothers me is that maybe they’ve collectively looked at it and simply shrugged, without really putting a plan together to do something about it.  The US says oil prices are too high , but no one seems to have any idea what to do about it.  Instead, we push for biofuel production and increase demand for oil.  Yet biofuel production soaks up oil supplies and is being blamed for increasing hunger across third world nations as it drives up commodity prices, challenging the ability of support organizations and governments to get food supplies to people in need.因此，是政府做得不够？是国会和总统的政府采取这些问题严重是否足够？或许才是真正困扰我的是，也许他们已经集体研究它，只是耸耸肩，没有真正把一项计划，共同做一些工作。 美国说，石油价格过高 ，但似乎没有人有任何的想法怎样做它，我们反而推动生物燃料生产和增加对石油的需求，但生物燃料生产吸收的石油供应，是被指责为增加饥饿全国第三世界国家 ，因为它的驱动器的商品价格，富有挑战性的能力，支持组织和各国政府，以获得粮食供应有需要的人。

So what is going to solve the oil conundrum?   Do we not have the technology and ability to find more oil and ramp up production?  Or do we lack the collective will as a nation to do what’s necessary, simply remaining dependent on other nations for our oil needs and paying whatever the market demands?  Tapping the Strategic Reserve isn’t going to solve anything over the long term either.  I simply think we can do more as a nation to support the American family’s needs at home, that would also serve to strengthen the US economy for the long term.因此，是怎么回事，以解决石油难题？我们不具备的技术和能力，以找到更多的石油和坡道生产，还是做我们缺乏的集体意志，作为一个国家而做的必要，只需在余下的依赖于其他国家为我国石油的需求和支付，无论市场的需求呢？窃听战略储备是不会解决任何超过长期要么我只是认为我们可以做更多的作为一个国家支持美国家庭的需要，在家里，也将加强美国经济的长远目标。

My hope is that we’ll see Congress and the Administration get together an conduct an Energy Summit to put a plan in place that will support the nation’s needs.  New energy, alternative energy, new research, and yes- more oil to fulfill the nation’s needs.  One day perhaps we’ll find the holy grail that relieves our dependence on oil.  But the US economy is tied to oil for countless needs right now and we risk being economically crippled for too many years if we don’t start working together more aggressively.我希望的是，我们将看到对国会和政府一起进行的一项能源首脑会议上提出一项计划，在地方， 将支持国家的需要。新能源，替代能源，新的研究，并有更多的石油，以满足国家的需要。一天，也许我们可以找到圣杯认为，缓解我国对石油的依赖，但美国经济是联系在一起的石油，为无数需要的权利，现在我们经济的风险正在削弱太多年，如果我们不'吨开始一起工作，更积极。

We are better than this dependence, and we need a little more forward thinking by our elected leadership.  We’ve put off the energy debate for so many years it’s now come back to haunt us.  Whether we enter or are in a recession now is beside the point. Consumers are spending more on fuel and food, and less on everything else.  And I think it’sa threat to our nation’s economic viability over the long term. That’s simply got to change.我们是比这更好的依赖，我们需要多一点的前瞻性思考我们的选举产生的领导。我们已经提出过的能源辩论了这么多年，它的现在回来困扰着我们，无论我们进入或正处于一个经济衰退现在是旁边的点，消费者正花费越来越多的关于燃料和食物，并减少对一切。和我认为这威胁到我们国家的经济可行性，就长期而言，这只是必须改变。

Sounds like the title of a newspaper with all the recession talk these days.听起来像标题一家报纸与所有经济衰退谈这些天。 While millions of US airline travelers are stranded across the nation, the rest of us are paying the highest prices we’ve ever seen for a gallon of gas.而以百万计的美国航空公司的旅客滞留在全国范围内，其余的我们付出的最高价格，我们所见过的为一加仑的天然气。 But Carol Sottili of the Washington Post’s Travel Section shares a discussion about what travelers can do in the face of so many airline cancellations.但卡罗尔sottili的华盛顿邮报的旅行科股份谈什么可以做的旅客在面对这么多的航空公司取消。 It’s finally bad enough that some politicians are talking about airline re-regulation again .它的最后够糟糕的，有些政治家所谈论的航空公司重新规例 。 The cost of cancellations certainly hurts airlines and passengers, but with the price of fuel skyrocketing, maybe a few extra planes on the ground doesn’t hurt their business either.费用取消，当然伤害了航空公司和乘客，但随着燃料价格暴涨，也许一些额外的飞机在地面上不伤害他们的业务。

What chance many of us thought for avoiding a recession here in the US is now all but certain. Many experts believe we’re already in a recession and that company earnings reports are going to get worse before getting better.什么机会，我们许多人以为，为避免经济衰退在这里，在美国是现在所有，但一定有很多专家认为，我们已经在经济衰退和公司盈利报告将会变得更糟之前，越来越好。 Others think that understanding the recession dynamics is really pretty simple .其他人认为， 了解经济衰退的动态，实在是很简单 。 I certainly agree that it’s all about people.当然，我同意这一切都与人有关。 I also think it’s all about people’s response to economic challenge, and these days the economic challenges have continued to grow.我也觉得这一切都与人有关的回应经济挑战，这些天来的经济挑战已持续增长。 So if the recession is here, what do we do about it? Matt Callow shows us how to profit from the global recession .因此，如果经济衰退是在这里，我们究竟怎样呢？ 马特callow向我们表明，如何盈利，从全球经济衰退 。

Is it really that bad out there?是否真的坏了吗？ While some economists think the worst of the credit crunch is behind us, some folks think that a Worldwide Depression is a Real Possibility .虽然一些经济学家认为，最严重的信贷紧缩的背后是我们， 一些乡亲认为，全世界的抑郁症是一种现实的可能性 。 That sounds alarmist to me, but as Ronald Reagan once said,这听起来危言耸听，对我来说，不过，正如里根曾经说过，

“A recession is when a neighbor loses his job. “经济衰退是，当一位邻居失去工作。 A depression is when you lose yours.” 1抑郁症是当你失去你“ 。

He was pointing out that it can be a matter of perspective.他指出，它可以是一个问题的角度。 Are we going to see a depression?难道我们要看到抑郁症？ I can’t imagine it, but if gas prices don’t start retreating it’s going to get a lot harder for the US economy.我不能想象，但如果天然气价格不开始撤退它的将会获得了很多努力，为美国经济。 Business week shows us that as with much in life, how bad it is out there depends on whom you ask .商业周刊向我们表明，与许多在生活中， 如何坏，这是在那里，取决于人，你问 。 But it’sa wake-up call for many as recent data shows that Americans recorded the largest-ever plunge in retirement confidence in 18 years of polling.但它唤醒了要求，许多最近的数据显示， 美国人记录了有史以来最大的跌幅退休的信心，在18年的投票站。

The markets continue to wander with many investors wondering if it’s time to step back in the pool.市场继续徘徊，与许多投资者想知道，如果它的时间，退后一步，在泳池。 But The Big Picture presents some interesting data and says stocks are really not cheap yet .但最大的图片介绍了一些有趣的数据和说， 股市真的是不便宜，但 。

As to valuations: “Its hard to really say that stocks are cheap here. 至于估值： “它真的很难说，股票价格便宜在这里。 At best, I believe we can argue that — assuming that historically high earnings do not fade — that stocks are not terribly expensive.在最好的，我相信我们可以说-假设历史上的高收益不褪色-股市是不是可怕的昂贵。 But that is very different than saying they are cheap.”不过，这是非常不同的比说，他们也很便宜“ 。

It’s hard to say what’s cheap or not these days while we hang on every snippet of bad news.它的就很难说了什么的廉价或没有这些天来，而我们挂在每一个片段的坏消息。 But for a little perspective, I like Minyanville’s 35 Signs the Market Hasn’t Hit Bottom Yet .但对于小的角度来看， 我喜欢minyanville的35个迹象，市场并没有触底，但 。

So where might we see excess today?因此，如果可能，我们看到过剩的今天呢？ Maybe commodities, or prescious metals?也许商品，或prescious金属？ Natural resources and energy?自然资源和能源？ I think every one of those areas are seeing heightened speculation and excess, but that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with it, especially if you’re making money.我觉得每一个这些地区看到招惹更多的投机和过剩，但这并不意味着有什么不对的，特别是如果您赚钱。 And it may continue for a long time.和它可能继续相当长的时间。 Or not.或没有。 At some point it will be time to change and find a new trend.在一些点，将时间改变，找到了一个新的趋势。 I wish I was better at that, but it’s one thing to look at future change and quite another to time financial decisions with that change to make money.我想我是更好地，但它的一件事，要看未来的变化和另一回事时间的财务决策与变化，以赚取金钱。

That’s why for most of us I believe in steady, disciplined investing over 20-30 years or more.这就是为什么对我们大多数人我相信在稳定的，有纪律的投资超过20-30年或更长时间。 You don’t need to worry about market timing over the long term.您不必担心市场的时间较长远。 You do need to think about asset allocation and diversification, especially when nearing retirement.您确实需要思考的资产分配和多样化，尤其是当接近退休。 But even while we invest patiently for retirement it doesn’t mean we can’t look at the trends and make some other decisions about where we might invest our time, energy and even money.但是，即使我们投资的同时，耐心地退休，这并不意味着我们不能看的趋势，并提出一些其他的决策，在何处，我们可能会投资我们的时间，精力，甚至金钱。 I set aside a little “investing money” that I use to do just that- invest in trends and ideas.我除了有点“投资的钱” ，我使用这样做，只是投资的趋势和想法。

So what’s going to be “The Next Big Excess?” What’s the next big thing that thousands of consumers are going to plunge into for a few years, hoping to secure their fortune?那么，将会是“下一个大过剩？ ”什么样的下一件大事，数以千计的消费者纷纷投入了几年，希望以保障他们的财富呢？ Will there be one?有一？ Will it be another bubble?它另一个泡沫？ Is there something that will result in mass change or adoption?是有一些这将导致大规模的改变或通过？ I wish I knew!我想我知道！

I think we can look ahead and pick out some themes of change that will affect our lives in the future.我觉得我们可以向前看，并挑选了一些主题的改变，会影响我们的生活在未来。 See if you feel the same way, or have different ideas:看到，如果您觉得同样的方式，或有不同的意见：

Here are 10 Themes of Change I see over the next decade and beyond: 这里有10个主题的变化我看在未来十年及以后：

1. 1 。 Boomer Retirement: The Boomer generation has begun retirement , and thousands of people will continue to do so every day for the next 20-30 years. 潮退休 ：潮一代人已经开始退休 ，和成千上万的人，并将继续这样做，每天为未来20-30年。 Add another 20-30 years on to that for millions of older Americans that will have money to spend on services and support needs.添加另一个20-30年对这一数百万老年人的美国人将钱花费的服务和支持的需要。 There are many new business and franchise ventures focusing on services for older adults, and this demographic bonanza will continue for decades.有许多新的业务和专营权的企业着眼于服务，为老年人，这是人口金矿将继续数十年之久。

2. 2 。 Health care services: Health care is an essential aspect of future services and business growth for the same reason as # 1: Millions of older adults will need health care services and products over the next several decades. 医疗服务：医疗服务是一个重要方面，未来的服务和业务增长，出于同样的原因为＃ 1 ： 以百万计的老年人需要的医疗服务和产品在未来的几十年。 Biotech may be struggling right now, but think of the potential for these markets in the years ahead.生物技术可能会挣扎的权利，但认为可能为这些市场在未来的岁月。

3. 3 。 Education and Job-retraining: With change comes the requirement to adapt and grow. 教育及职业再培训：与变化的要求，适应和成长。 Growth is based on learning, or at least a willingness to learn.增长的基础上学习，或至少愿意学习。 There are enormous opportunities for businesses, consultants and industry in education and training, and we’ll continue to see that growth in the future.有巨大的机会，为企业，顾问公司和产业在教育和培训，以及我们将继续看到的增长在未来的。 Older adults are also returning to the classroom and may prove critical to continued economic growth and fulfilling job needs within the community.老年人也回归到课堂和可能证明是至关重要的经济持续增长和实现就业的需要，在社区内。 Community college growth is expanding, and vocational-technical schools are serving an essential role as well.社区学院的增长是扩大，职业技术学校服务的一个重要的角色。

4. 4 。 Communication and Navigation: We’re going to know where we are and talk with anyone no matter our location in the years ahead. 通信和导航：我们要知道我们和同谁谈，无论我们的位置在未来的岁月。 Oh wait, we pretty much already do that right?哦等待，我们几乎已经这样做对不对？ But it’s going to be increasingly simpler and more available.但它将会越来越简单和更可用。 With GPS navigation and satellite and cellular technology advances, the world is changing fast. Garmin will have a mobile phone out this year where a friend sends you a pic and you push “Go!” and it tells you how to navigate to where they are.与GPS导航和卫星和蜂窝技术的进步，世界正在发生快速变化。高明将有一部手提电话出来，今年那里的朋友向您发送事先知情同意和你推动“走出去” ！和它会告诉您如何浏览的地方，他们是。 Imagine using Google Earth or Panoramio and picking out a cool tourist photo… then your gps can navigate you to that site.想象使用Google Earth或panoramio及上落客了一个凉爽的旅游照片…那么，您的GPS ，你可以浏览到该网站。
5. 5 。 Business coaching and consulting: Providing competent advice and counsel in response to complexity will grow by leaps and bounds. 商务教练和咨询：提供主管的意见和律师在回应的复杂性将增加跨越式发展。 Related to many areas above, but coaching, consulting, advising and teaching emerges in response to the complexity of many aspects of our lives, especially with technology.相关的许多领域以上，但教练，顾问，咨询和教学出现了反应的复杂性在许多方面我们的生活，尤其是与技术。 If you have expertise and can help others improve their lives and function better amidst the complexity we face- then you have a marketable skill that others will pay for.如果你有专业知识和能帮助他人，改善他们的生活和更好地运作中，我们所面对的复杂性，那么您有一个适销对路的技能，别人会支付。

6. 6 。 Engineering and technology development: Do we have growth at all if not for highly skilled knowledge workers who develop the hardware, software and networked applications to leverage technological advance? 工程和技术的发展：我们有没有增长，在所有如果没有高度熟练的知识工人谁发展的硬件，软件和网络应用技术进步的杠杆？ No. IT expertise continues to be in demand and companies reach across international boundaries because they don’t find enough skilled workers here in the US Steve Rubel explains that what we see now as “the web” is not where the web is going .第资讯科技专业知识仍然是在需求和公司达成跨越国际边界，因为他们没有找到足够的技术工人，在这里，在美国史蒂夫rubel解释说，我们现在看到的“网页”是不是那里的Web是前往 。 We see a reflection of web services, and service integration will grow by leaps and bounds.我们看到，反映了Web服务，服务一体化将是成长的跨越式发展。

7. 7 。 Alternative energy services and the Green Movement: Could this be the “next big thing” we see? 替代能源服务和绿色运动：难道这是“下一件大事”我们看到了？ It’s already huge and growing by leaps and bounds.它已经庞大，而且越来越多的跨越式发展。 Several states are leading the way already but we’re going to see an explosion of interest in alternative energy development such as solar.数个国家的领导方式已经但我们正在全力以赴地看到，发生爆炸的兴趣，发展替代能源，如太阳能。 California offers tremendous rebates and assistance with solar development and installation compared to many other states.加州提供了巨大的回扣和援助与太阳能的开发和安装相比，许多其他国家。

• Now that fuel prices have exceeded $3 per gallon of gas nationwide, people really grumble.现在， 燃油价格已超过3美元每加仑的气体在全国范围内，人们真正发牢骚。 But what happens when we start paying $4 or $5 a gallon? Gas prices are already changing the way we live .但发生什么事，当我们开始付费4元或5元一加仑？ 汽油价格已经改变了我们的生活方式 。 Families are going to be challenged as never before as those costs influence how we drive and consume food and other resources.家庭是要受到质疑，因为以前从未因为这些成本的影响如何，我们的驱动器和消费的食物和其他资源。
• Water use and scarcity may influence many changs in the future. 水的使用和稀缺，可能会影响许多变化，在未来。 Drought effects of the past two years were severe across the nation, with far reaching changes in water use and regulations.干旱的影响，过去两年严重，全国，影响深远的变化，水的使用和规例。 With increased population growth, water needs will continue to rise, and resource depletion may become a real threat over time.与增加的人口增长，对水的需求将继续上升，和资源枯竭可能成为一个真正的威胁，随着时间的推移。

In a society where we spend more money and resources to develop a product (ethanol) that raises the cost of production for other fuel and the food products we need (corn, soybeans, etc), then it’s time to look at a wider array of alternative resources.在社会里，我们花费更多的金钱和资源来发展一个产品（乙醇）提高了生产成本，其他燃料和食物的产品，我们需要（玉米，大豆等） ，那么它的时间来研究在更广泛的阵列的替代资源。 Solar energy will make an enormous difference as the barriers to entry (cost and physical size) continue to decrease.太阳能将作出巨大的差异，作为进入市场的障碍（成本和物理尺寸）继续减少。 Many of us would put a solar array on our homes tomorrow if it wasn’t so expensive or difficult.我们很多人会提出一个太阳能电池阵列对我们的家园，明天如果不是这么昂贵或困难。 Equally, more people recognize that the human footprint within the enviroment must not tread so heavily.同样地，更多的人认识到，人类的足迹与环境绝不能胎面如此严重。 We can focus on stewardship and resource use balanced with human needs.我们可以专注于管理和资源利用的平衡与人类的需要。 The Green movement continues to make a difference in pulling us in that direction.绿色运动继续作出不同的拉动，我们在这个方向前进。

8. 8 。 Frugality and Living Simpler: 节俭，生活简单：

• What would the world of personal finance and blogging be without themes of frugality?会怎样的世界，个人财务和博客是没有主题的节俭？ Many of us are learning that it pays economically to live a more frugal lifestyle.我们许多人都学习它自付经济生活更加俭朴的生活方式。 Sure we appreciate good things and fine living, but the meaning, definitions and cost of doing so is changing.确保我们对此表示赞赏，办好事和优良的生活，但意思，定义和成本，这样做是在发生变化。 Realistically, we are finding that our future economic well-being is in our own hands.从实际出发，我们发现，我们未来的经济福祉，是我们自己的手中。 We can create the financial future we desire through sound strategies of saving and investing.我们可以创造财政的将来，我们的愿望，通过健全的战略，储蓄与投资。 And being frugal is an important theme for economic cost-beneifit analysis and increasing savings while decreasing spending.和俭朴的是一个重要的主题，经济成本beneifit分析和增加储蓄，同时减少开支。
• As we age, many people are choosing a simpler way of life.我们随着年龄的，很多人都选择一种更简单的方式生活。 Downsizing to smaller homes, or homes with caretaking services for landscaping and other needs.缩编，以较小的家园，或住所与照料服务，美化环境及其他方面的需要。 Even for those not downsizing per se, there is movement towards the simpler, more carefree aspects in living.即使对那些不缩编本身，有运动对更简单，更无忧无虑方面的生活。 Making things simpler for others is a theme that works and, ironically, folks will spend a lot of money to find a simpler lifestyle.决策的东西，简单的为他人是一个主题的作品，讽刺的是，人们会花费很多金钱，以找到一个比较简单的生活方式。

9. 9 。 Charitable Giving and Micro Finance: As we grow and technology enables choice and opportunity, I think we are becoming more action-oriented towards charitable causes. 慈善和微型金融：随着我们的成长和技术，使选择和机会，我认为我们正变得更加面向行动对慈善事业。 Whether that be with cash donations or though giving our time volunteering, people want to become involved in helping other people improve their lives.这是否与现金捐款或虽然给我们的志愿服务时间，人们不想成为涉及在帮助其他人改善他们的生活。 Micro finance lending sites such as Kiva.com are doing just that.微型融资贷款等网站kiva.com正在做的，只是。

10.Biotech, Nanotech, Robotics, Astrosciences: Well, maybe the promise of the future is a bit early, but the gains being made in bioengineering and nanotechnology are amazing. 10.biotech ，纳米技术，机器人技术， astrosciences ：好，也许承诺，未来是一个有点早，但正在取得成果在生物工程和纳米技术是惊人。 Of course some people think none of this will really matter anyway because the world’s going to end in 2012 .当然，有些人认为没有这件事真的会无论如何， 因为世界的去年底，在2012年 。 Or if it doesn’t the internet’s going to end in 2038 !或如果没有互联网的去年底，在2038年 ！ Who knows… I think we have enough threats already in the world via fanatical extremists and natural resource depletion to keep us occupied for a good many years.谁知道… …我认为我们有足够的威胁，已经在世界上通过狂热的极端主义分子和天然资源枯竭，让我们被占领的一个良好的许多年。

I love thinking about the future, but sometimes it’s easier to stay naively optimistic.我爱思考未来，但有时更容易留在天真地乐观。 There are countless ideas and creative applications out there “whose time has come” but have yet to reach the masses.有无数的想法和创意的应用，有“时机已经成熟的” ，但尚未达到人民群众。 I hope to capitalize on some of these themes both in terms of investments and personal focus.我希望能够利用一些这些主题，无论是在投资和个人关注的焦点。 And maybe we’ll even make decisions that influence our career based on future change .也许我们会，甚至作出决定，影响我们的事业基于对未来的变化 。 Do you see anything else coming down the road?你看到的一切，未来下跌之路呢？ Any career or technology aspects that will be important to think about?任何职业或技术方面，将会是很重要的思考？

The news and numbers are pretty negative lately.新闻和数字是相当负面的最近。 The economy is struggling, real estate is looking for traction, the markets are bouncing around aimlessly, and Clinton and Obama are one-upping each other with promises while talking about how bad everything is.经济是挣扎，房地产是寻找牵引，市场是弹跳左右aimlessly ， 克林顿和奥巴马是一个`对方的承诺，在谈到如何坏，一切。 If I didn’t know better, this feels like it’ll go on forever.如果我不知道更好，这感觉就像它会永远继续下去。 But it won’t.但它不会。 It’s just a temporary funk.这只是一个临时芬克。 Mostly an economic funk.大部分经济芬克。 We’ve been there before, and we’ll emerge with newfound optimism for something seemingly better.我们已经有前，我们会出现与新发现的乐观似乎更好一些。

But what is that something that might be better?但是，是什么东西可能会更好？ What is the next big thing that people will really be excited and hopeful about?什么是下一件大事 ，人们真的会兴奋和充满希望的呢？ Do you ever wonder what it might be that’s going to be a huge focus for people or change on a mass scale?你想知道什么，它可能是去是一个巨大的重点人或变化对大规模？ Sometimes it’s generated by the media, or a company product, or just some growing trend or mania that people are interested in.有时它的所产生的媒体，或是公司的产品，或只是一些日益增长的趋势或热潮，人们感兴趣的

Whatever it is (and I don’t think we’ll find it on eBay), there always seems to be some new “big thing” around the corner.无论是 （我不认为我们会找到它的易趣） ，总有似乎是一些新的“大事情”围绕一个角落。 Why do I care?为什么我的照顾呢？ For the same reason that most businesses, entreprenuers and investors care… because if you can put your finger on the pulse of this change and human interest, then you can focus your energy in that direction, potentially growing your life’s work and/or financial fortunes in leaps and bounds over the next 5, 10 or even 20 years.出于同样的原因，大部分的企业， entreprenuers和投资者的护理… …因为如果你可以把你的手指放在脉搏，这个变化与人类的利益，那么，您可以集中精力处理您的能源这个方向发展，潜在的增长你的生活的工作和/或金融财富在跨越式发展在未来5年， 10年甚至20年。

Looking back a couple decades, we’ve been through several cycles of boom and bust of course.回头看一对夫妇20年来，我们已经通过几个周期的繁荣和萧条的过程。 Yet the “Dot Com Bust” still offered many opportunities to do very well even with the carnage of companies that ceased to exist a few years later.但“点com泡沫”仍然提供了许多机会，做得很好，甚至与大屠杀的公司不复存在，数年后。 We hear the news of the crash and the fortunes lost.我们听到坠机消息和财富损失。 We don’t often hear about the fortunes made, but some people tapped into the right companies and trends and have done very well.我们不经常听到关于财富，但有些人挖掘到右边的公司和趋势，并已做得非常好。

Now it’s real estate and credit derivatives that have crashed, and we’re unraveling the lessons of years of financial excess.现在的房地产和信贷衍生工具有坠毁，我们正在unraveling的经验教训，年财政过剩。 A long-term view could see this growth, expansion, bust and consolidation as a natural progression and evolution for economic cycles and human interest. 1从长远的观点可以看到，这方面的增长，扩张，胸围和巩固作为一个自然进程和演变为经济周期和人类的利益。 Can it be any other way?它可以被任何其他方式？

Certainly the technological changes coming in the future will surpass anything we know of today, and I wonder where that may lead us. Bill Gates sees enormous technological advances that will revolutionize our lives:当然，技术的变化，未来在未来将超越任何我们知道，今天，我不知道哪里有可能导致我们。 比尔盖茨认为，巨大的技术进步 ，革命性的将我们的生活：

In a speech to the Northern Virginia Technology Council, Gates speculated that some of the most important advances will come in the ways people interact with computers: speech-recognition technology, tablets that will recognize handwriting and touch-screen surfaces that will integrate a wide variety of information.在一次讲话中向弗吉尼亚州北部的科技局，盖茨推测，一些最重要的进展将在今后如何互动，人与电脑：语音识别技术，片中将承认手写和触摸屏的表面，将整合多种信息。

“I don’t see anything that will stop the rapid advance,” Gates said, noting that technological change driven by academia and corporate researchers continued even after the Internet stock bubble burst in 2000.” “…The coming years will bring rapid changes in media as television increasingly becomes a targeted medium, where viewers can select niche content for news, sports and entertainment. “我不明白的事，将停止飞速进步， ”盖茨说，注意到技术变革的推动下，学术界和企业的研究人员继续，甚至后，网上股票泡沫破裂，在2000年。 “ ” … …未来几年将带来的迅速变化媒体作为电视日益成为有针对性的媒介，观众可以选择合适的内容，新闻，体育和娱乐。 “…TV will be based on the Internet; it will be an utterly different thing,” he said. “ … …电视将基于互联网;这将是一个完全不同的事， ”他说。

My interest and curiosity is for how people become excited and accept or adopt certain products, and then figuring out what those trends or products might be.我的兴趣和好奇心是人们如何成为兴奋，并接受或采取某些产品，然后搞清楚什么这些趋势或产品可能。 How do some companies (eg Apple) capitalize on what is “trendy” while other companies don’t?如何做一些公司（如苹果）充分利用，什么是“时髦” ，而其他公司不？

When I try to understand how we become excited about things, it strikes me that these products or “things” must be developed by visionaries and market leaders.当我尝试了解我们如何成为兴奋的事情，它罢工，我说，这些产品或“东西” ，必须制定有远见的和市场的领导人。 These are people with the imagination and the abililty to create something from an idea, and then shepard it through to adoption.这些都是与人民的想象力和abililty创造的东西从一个想法，然后谢泼德通过领养。 Naturally this creation must not only be useful, it must be also be something that sparks the “Aha!” moment within a consumer for the enjoyment or usefulness it brings.自然，这必须建立，不仅是有益的，它必须也将一些火花， “啊哈” ！时刻，在一个消费者为享受或效用，它带给。

Not everyone accepts change so easily however.不是每个人都接受的改变，所以很容易不过。 Little more than a decade ago as computer use became mainstream, I remember a stalwart, old associate that walked around the office with a big yellow legal pad and refused to use a computer.稍多于十年前，作为使用电脑成为主流，我记得一坚定的，旧的准说，走到办公室周围，与一个大黄色的法律垫，并拒绝使用电脑。 He waived that legal pad in everyone’s face, proud of how he still did it the old way. And then he finally realized the old way was gone, and he was becoming increasingly irrelevent and clueless.他放弃了法律垫在每一个人的脸，感到自豪如何，他仍然没有旧的方式。然后，他终于实现了旧的方法是走了，他变得越来越irrelevent和不懂。 He finally adapted and adopted, painful as it was.他终于适应，并通过了，痛苦的，因为它是。

I know a lot of people who still use letters, stamps and paper checks everyday to pay bills.我知道有很多人谁仍然使用字母，邮票和文件的检查，每天支付帐单。 Not a thing wrong with that- and in fact, it brings a sense of solidity and permanence to things.没有一件事情是错误的，与和事实上，它带来了责任感，牢固和持久性事。 But I know a lot more people that have given up the checkbook and stamps to pay bills online.不过，我知道了很多更多的人已放弃了支票簿和邮票，以在线支付帐单。 It is fast becoming the exception to use stamps and checks for many people, myself included.它正迅速成为例外，使用的邮票和检查，对于很多人来说，包括我在内。 But if you really want to make an impression, or send a caring note to someone, there is no substitute for writing it by hand.但如果你真的想作出一个印象，或发送一个充满爱心的注意：要有人，是不可替代的写作它的手。

Of course we’re still reeling from the last “big excess” and the after-effects of the “Housing Bust” and out-of-control mortgage lending.当然，我们还在缫丝从去年的“大过剩”和后效应“房屋半身像”和失控的控制按揭贷款。 But think about it- not everyone has struggled with real estate .但想一想，这不是每个人都有奋斗与房地产 。 For everyone that bought a home, someone sold that home.为大家买了回家，有人出售家务。 Lots of folks made a bundle during the real estate boom, and if they were smart, saved enough of that money to keep it working for them over time.很多乡亲作出了捆绑在房地产景气，如果他们聪明，储存足够的金钱，以保持其为他们工作一段时间。

The housing boom and bust is a story of money made and lost.房市繁荣和萧条是一个故事，金钱和取得的丢失。 For some families, financial gain (or loss) changed their lives forever.对于一些家庭，财政收益（或损失）改变了他们生活的永远。 In a free market economy it can be no other way.在一个自由市场经济可以，舍此别无他途。 Some people win big, some people lose big… most of us muddle along in the middle, looking for ways improve our lives as we adapt to changing conditions.有些人赢得大，有些人失去了大…我们大多数人混在中间，寻找办法，改善我们的生活，因为我们适应不断变化的情况。

So there’s always excess… and most of the situations that involved speculative excess were caused by investors and even genuine buyers plunging in head-first to “stake their claim” and make money.因此，总是过剩…而大部分的情况，所涉及的投机性过剩造成的投资者，甚至是真正的买家投身在头部第一“的股份，他们声称”和赚取金钱。 The dot-com boom and housing boom were both the modern day version of the gold rush.泡沫和房地产泡沫，都是现今版本的淘金潮。 We’re all trying to make life better for our future.我们都试图让生命更精彩，为我们的未来。 For some it was always a “get rich quick” scheme whether they admitted it or not.一些它始终是一个“赚快钱”计划，他们是否承认或不。 “ Slow and steady wins the race ” is the old rabbit versus tortoise axiom. “ 缓慢和稳定胜马”是旧兔银两龟公理。 There’sa lot of truth in those words in terms of focus and comittment.有很多的真相在这些词语在条款的重点和comittment 。 But it’s hard to remember that axiom when the pace of technological change outstrips our ability to adapt and grow with it.但很难记得，当公理的步伐，技术变化超过我们的适应能力和成长。

And that’s the crux of the problem for many people… how to adapt to change.这就是问题的症结，对很多人来说…如何适应变化。 Technology evolution challenges our ability to learn and adapt, which opens up a whole new focus for business services and education.技术进化的挑战，我们的学习能力和适应，这开辟了一个全新的重点为商业服务和教育。 That is precisely the reason why education is so important, and why job re-training is booming across the nation.  Where do you fit in?  Is it hard to keep pace with that change?   In the next segment I’ll look at 10 themes of change we’ll face in the years ahead.这正是原因，教育是如此重要，为什么就业再培训，是蓬勃发展的全国各地。何处，你适合吗？是很难跟上这种变化呢？在未来的部分，我会看看在10主题改变的，我们将面临在未来的岁月。

Can Sprint reinvent itself and reverse the loss of their customers?  It would seem millions are flocking to other carriers and Sprint is challenged to stem the tide.  Business Week writes about Sprint Nextel’s Last-Ditch Weapon - a new phone, plan and corporate image.  Which may be a bit melodramatic, but it paints a challenging picture for a once high-flying cell phone company.可以冲刺重新本身和扭转的损失他们的客户呢？这似乎是数百万人涌向其他运营商和Sprint是挑战，要干的潮流。商业周刊撰写的Sprint Nextel公司的最后垂死的武器 -一种新的电话，计划和企业形象。这可能有点屡有发生，但它描绘了一个富有挑战性的图片为一次高飞行的手机公司。

Is Business Week right and is Sprint really on the ropes?  Their CEO Dan Hesse is making the case that Sprint finally ”gets it” and will give subscribers what they want:是商业周刊的权利和Sprint的是真的就绳索呢？他们的首席执行官丹黑塞是决策的情况下最后冲刺“大干” ，并会给予用户他们想要的：

“People want the whole package,” Hesse said during a keynote address at an annual conference held by CTIA-The Wireless Association. “人们希望整套， ”黑塞说，在专题演说，在每年召开的CTIA无线协会。 “They’re saying, who’s going to give me what I want, when I want, and make it easy to use. “他们是怎么说的，谁去给我什么，我想，当我想，并使其易于使用。 They’re all the building blocks of the wireless company of the future.”他们都是积木无线公司的未来“ 。

Sprint now offers an all-in-one plan for $99 that gives you as many minutes, internet, picture and video stuff that you could ever want.  They’ve got a new phone line-up and soon will offer the Instinct , a sheik touch-screen cell phone that has the iphone look to it and all the bells and whistles. Sprint公司现在提供了一个全在一计划为99美元，让您作为许多分钟，互联网，图片和视频的东西，你可以以往任何时候都希望他们提供了新的电话线跟进，并很快将提供的本能 ，一个酋长触控式萤幕的手机，已拥有指望它和所有的编钟和口哨。

But the biggest problem for Sprint is their customer base, and former customers. This was the cell-phone company whose customer service execs must have gone to the Trump School of Business… last year they told some customers You’re Fired! presumably because they called customer service too much.但最大的问题，为Sprint的是他们的客户基础，和前的顾客， 这是手机公司，其客户服务的管理层必须有到王牌商学院…去年，他们告诉一些客户您发射！推测，因为他们所谓客户服务太多。

You know what?  Every time a customer calls for help or assistance, that’s the time to sell the company (and your products) once again. In fact, you have to do that. If you don’t- they’re going to leave.  In Sprint’s case, they’ve been leaving by the millions.    What did You’re Fired! say to all the other Sprint customers?  It told them “Don’t call us because we don’t want to hear it… look what we did to the other guys.”你知道什么？每一次客户来电寻求帮助或援助，这就是时间，出售该公司（和您的产品）再次。事实上，你必须这样做，如果你日程，他们正在前往离开。在Sprint的情况下，他们已经离开，由数百万人。什么您发射！说，所有其他Sprint的客户呢？告诉他们： “不要打我们，因为我们不想听到它…看看我们所做的向其他家伙“ 。

Realistically that wasn’t really the problem.  The greater problem in the past was Sprint’s customer service was simply not up-to-par compared to other companies.  It was difficult to get a rep on the phone, and they often didn’t know how to help.实事求是，这不是真正的问题。更大的问题在过去是Sprint的客户服务是根本没有上升到杆相比其他公司，这是很难得到代表在手机上，他们往往没有'吨知道如何帮助。

Yet personally I think they’re getting a bad rap these days.  I’ve been a Sprint customer for over 5 years, and have been very pleased with the phones, coverage and even customer service.  They even have the best cell tower coverage in the area where we live.  I love the phone and plan I have.  But I’m wary based on other people’s experiences.  And as much as I might consider a new phone, I dread going in and haggling with the customer service rep because the plans were historically so complicated and expensive.  It shouldn’t be that way, and maybe now Sprint “gets it” enough that I’ll choose a new phone and plan.但我个人认为，他们得到的一个坏的说唱这些天我一直在冲刺的客户超过五年，并已非常高兴与电话，覆盖面，甚至客户服务，他们甚至有最好的细胞大楼的覆盖率的地方，我们的生活。我爱手机，并计划我，但我存有戒心的基础上其他人的经验。和虽然我可能会考虑一个新的电话，我害怕会在和讨价还价与客户服务代表因为计划在历史上，使复杂而昂贵的，它不应该这样，也许现在冲刺“大干它”够了，我会选择一个新的电话和计划。

But I started wondering: How many companies realize that a bad customer service experience can lose a customer- not only for the short term, but sometimes for life?! It’s true… make the experience bad enough, or hard enough, and they’ll never come back.但我开始怀疑： 有多少公司认识到，一个坏的客户服务的经验，可能会失去客户，不仅在短期内，但有时为生活吗！它的真实…作出的经验，够糟糕的，或硬不够的，他们'当地雇员从来没有回来。

My own example:  Do you know why I’ll never have a Discover card?  Because when I was younger they sent me this wonderful invitation to get a credit card with them.  I had used credit very little in the past, and was careful with my money and credit history.  So I called to apply because it sounded good. I was a college graduate with steady employment with a government agency and that would have been my first credit card.  Then the customer service rep gave me such a hard time over my lack of credit experience, and then denied my application, that it was humiliating.   I hung up, applied with American Express and received a card the next week.  I’ve appreciated the Amex customer service ever since. That was two decades ago. I tear up invitations from Discover almost weekly now.  From what I’ve read, people are not that happy with Discover card these days either.我自己的例子：你知不知道为什么我永远不会有一个发现卡？因为当我还是年轻，他们寄给我的这个美好的邀请，得到的信用卡与他们，我曾使用信贷很少，在过去，并小心我的货币和信贷的历史，所以我所谓的申请，因为它好听，我是一个大学毕业生的就业与稳定，与一个政府机构，以及将已我的第一个信用卡，然后客户服务代表给了我这样一个努力的时间超过我国信用缺失的经验，然后拒绝我的申请，这是可耻的，我挂断了，适用with American Express和收到的一张牌，下周，我已经表示赞赏，美国运通卡客户服务以来，这是20年前。 i撕毁的邀请，发现几乎每周现在，从什么我已阅读，人民是不是高兴与发现卡的这些天。

A corporate reputation takes a long time to build, but like any reputation, it can be destroyed in very short order.   I recently read where Sprint lost an enormous business contract because a rep at the store didn’t give the time of day to an innocent request to fix or replace a phone.  A phone that had insurance on it, you know- the monthly $4 fee?  The individual was accused of dropping the phone in the water and they refused the request.  Good grief… the last thing you need when you need help is for the company you pay to give you a hard time.   That individual had been a subscriber for over 10 years, and left the same day.  All because of one clueless service rep.企业的声誉，需要较长时间来建立，但如同任何声誉，它可以被摧毁，在极短的时间内，我最近看过的地方冲刺失去了一个巨大的商业合同，因为代表在商店没有给一天中的时间，以一无辜的要求，修复或取代了电话。电话了保险就它，你知道-每月4元费用？个人被指控的下降，手机在水和他们拒绝了这项要求。良好的悲痛…最后，您需要当您需要帮助，是该公司支付给你，努力的时间。个别已登记超过10年，离开的同一天。都是因为一不懂服务代表。

It’s like the police officer I was talking with the other day (professionally!).  He said he hardly ever wrote tickets, but when he did- those folks were asking to receive a ticket because they just made things worse for themselves, argued, and gave him a hard time.  Sprint is finding out that poor customer service is like asking your customers to leave. 这就像警务人员我是说，与其他天 （专业！ ） 。他说，他几乎写了机票，但是当他做-那些乡亲被要求接受机票 ，因为他们刚才所作的事情恶化，为自己，辩称，并给了他强硬的时间。 Sprint正在调查指出，穷人的客户服务是一样， 要求您的顾客离开。

Now Sprint is asking customers to come back, or give them another shot.  Given enough time and quality service, they may have enough credibility to rebuild the company.  I’ll stick with them for now based on my overall positive experience, and to their credit they offer a lot more choice and flexibility these days.  They’ve even made contracts simpler and you can try out a plan risk-free for 30 days.   My instincts are telling me to take another look… and when the new Instinct comes out I may do just that.现在， Sprint是要求客户要回来，还是给了他们又一个开枪。给予足够的时间和优质的服务，他们可能有足够的公信力，以重建该公司，我会坚持与他们现在的基础上我的整体正面的经验，和他们的信用他们提供很多有更多的选择和灵活性，这些天来，他们已经作出了合同，甚至简单，您可以尝试一项计划，无风险的期为30天，我的直觉告诉我，是采取再看一看… …而且，当新的本能出来我可以做到这一点。

By now you’ve probably heard about the new rules and fee changes eBay has recently put out for its community of sellers and buyers.现在您大概也听到有关新的规则和收费的变化，易趣最近提出的为社区的卖方和买方。 We won’t recap them here, but news over the last week indicates eBay’s tweaks and changes are confusing the heck out of everyone .我们将不会回顾一下他们在这里，但新闻的最后一个星期，表明eBay的的调整和变化，是混淆了赫克出每一个人 。 Originally I thought Is eBay Crazy? was a more appropriate title for this post… a little dramatic perhaps but it fits the general storm confusion that we’ve seen in the media in recent days.我原本以为是易趣疯狂？是一个较为适当的标题为这个职位…有点戏剧性的，或许，但它符合一般风暴混乱，我们已经看到在新闻媒体在最近几天。

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a disgruntled investor or user.不要误会我的意思，我不是一个心怀不满的投资者或使用者。 I’ve been long the stock for over a year and have strongly believed in the company’s future.我一直在长期的股票超过一年，并强烈认为，在该公司的未来。 I still believe in their future but where the company is headed over the short term is anyone’s guess.我仍然相信，在他们的前途，但该公司为首的在短期内是任何人的猜测。

From an investment viewpoint, the stock price has offered tremendous value recently.从投资的角度来看，股价已提供了巨大的价值，最近。 Standard & Poors rates the stock as a Strong Buy with five stars and a fair value of $27 per share.标准普尔利率股票作为一种强有力的购买与5星级和公平的价值每股27美元。 Trading at about 17 times earnings, many analysts see the stock having more upside than downside.交易约17倍的收入，许多分析师认为，股市有更多的好处比坏处。 Even so, several analysts have recently lowered annual estimates based upon eBay’s cautious 2008 guidance after reporting robust fourth quarter earnings.即便如此，几位分析师最近降低了每年的财政预算为基础， eBay的谨慎， 2008年指导的报告后，强劲的第四季度收益。 Personally I love a company with $5 Billion in cash on the balance sheet and zero debt.我个人爱公司50亿美元的现金，资产负债表和零债务。 But as much as I like the company for a long-term investment, my concerns of a year ago have remained and I’m still trying to understand their strategy.但正如很多，正如我一样，该公司为一项长期投资，我的关注，一年前一直和我仍试图了解他们的策略。

eBay is no stranger to controversy over changes to their guidelines and fee increases through the years. eBay是并不陌生的争论，改变他们的指引和增加收费经过多年的。 Now that CEO Meg Whitman’s exit has finally arrived, eBay chose the opportunity to dramatically change many parameters of the auction experience, primarily targeted to sellers.现在的CEO梅格惠特曼的退出终于抵达，易趣选择的机会，大幅改变，许多参数的拍卖经验，主要针对卖家。 The changes have brought out incredible emotion from the eBay community and investors.变化带出了令人难以置信的情绪从易趣社区和投资者。

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