Billionaire investor Warren Buffett expressed his optimism for America and his company despite the pandemic that struck his businesses.

億萬富翁投資者沃倫-巴菲特表示，儘管他的企業遭遇了流行病的襲擊，但他對美國和他的公司表示樂觀。

In his widely read annual letter to shareholders released Saturday, he wrote, Never Bet against America.

他在週六發佈的給股東的年度信中廣泛閱讀，他寫道：永遠不要與美國打賭。

He also expressed his optimism for Berkshire Hathaway.

他還表示，對伯克希爾-哈撒韋公司持樂觀態度。

The company bought back a record of nearly $25 billion of its stock last year, signaling that investors have undervalued the conglomerate.

該公司去年創紀錄地回購了近250億美元的股票，表明投資者低估了該集團的價值。

His businesses include auto insurer Geico and the railroad.

他的業務包括汽車保險公司Geico和鐵路。

BNSF, who's strong results, helped lift quarterly operating income 14%.

BNSF，誰的強勁的業績，幫助提升季度營業收入14％。

James and stocks like Apple drove the bottom line up 23%.

詹姆斯和蘋果等股票帶動底線上漲23%。

Curiously, Buffett did not specifically mention the pandemic in his letter, even though it led to a loss of more than 31,000 jobs in Berkshire's workforce.

耐人尋味的是，巴菲特在信中並沒有特別提到這場大瘟疫，儘管它導致伯克希爾的勞動力損失了3.1萬多個工作崗位。

The health crisis also drained aerospace industry demand for parts, driving his company, Precision Castparts, to cut more than 40% of its workers.

健康危機也透支了航空工業對零部件的需求，促使他的公司Precision Castparts裁員40%以上。

Last year, Buffett admitted in the letter that he had overpaid when he shelled out $32 billion to buy it in 2016.

去年，巴菲特在信中承認，他在2016年掏出320億美元購買時，多付了錢。

He called that mistake a big one.

他稱這個錯誤是個大錯誤。

He also disclosed that Berkshire will hold its annual shareholders meeting this year in Los Angeles.

他還透露，伯克希爾今年將在洛杉磯舉行年度股東大會。

Not in Omaha, where tens of thousands of people gather every year for what the Oracle of Omaha calls the Woodstock for capitalists.

在奧馬哈就不一樣了，那裡每年都有數萬人聚集在一起，參加奧馬哈的神諭會，稱之為資本家的伍德斯托克。