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first-law-of-capital-allocation

first-law-of-capital-allocation

github.com/kangarookingOther10953 installsUpdated 28w ago
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About first-law-of-capital-allocation

first-law-of-capital-allocation is an investing skill for evaluating corporate decisions such as buybacks, acquisitions, retained earnings, and dividends. It centers on price relative to intrinsic value to assess whether an action creates value for shareholders.

Key features

  1. 01Compare action prices with intrinsic value
  2. 02Apply the $1 value-creation test
  3. 03Assess buybacks, acquisitions, and retention
  4. 04Watch for advice that ignores price

Use cases

  1. 01Judge whether a buyback benefits shareholders
  2. 02Assess whether retained earnings create value
  3. 03Evaluate whether an acquisition price is reasonable
  4. 04Choose between dividends and reinvestment

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/kangarooking/buffett-letters-skill --skill first-law-of-capital-allocation

After installing, type/first-law-of-capital-allocationin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Bundled filestest-prompts.json

Details

From the project README

资本配置第一法则

R — 原文 (Reading)

"What is smart at one price is dumb at another." (2011) "We test the wisdom of retaining earnings by assessing whether retention, over time, delivers shareholders at least $1 of market value for each $1 retained." (1983)

I — 方法论骨架

价格是决定一切的核心变量。同一行为在不同价格下可能是聪明或愚蠢的:

  • 回购:低于内在价值时是好事(为留任股东创造价值),高于内在价值时是坏事($1.10买$1)
  • 收购:价格合理+企业优秀=好交易,价格过高+协同效应幻觉=灾难
  • 留存收益:每保留$1至少创造$1市场价值,否则应分红
  • 分红:如果留存不能创造≥$1的价值,应把现金还给股东

A1 — 书中的应用

案例: 1999年回购批评
  • 问题: 公司高价回购是否对股东好?
  • 使用: 以高于内在价值回购 = "用$1.10买$1" = 对留任股东的损害
  • 结果: 巴菲特批评了许多"为推高股价或抵消期权稀释"而回购的公司

A2 — 触发场景

  1. 公司宣布回购计划——是否对股东有利?
  2. 公司留存大量利润不分红——是否创造了价值?
  3. 考虑收购另一家公司——价格是否合理?
  4. 应该卖掉持仓还是继续持有?
语言信号
  • "公司要回购,是不是利好?"
  • "应该分红还是再投资?"
  • "这个收购价格合理吗?"
  • "留存收益能创造多少价值?"
与相邻 skill 的区分
  • 与 never-issue-shares 的区别:不用股票收购是绝对原则,第一法则是具体判断

E — 可执行步骤

  1. 先问"在什么价格"——不问"做什么",先问"价格多少"

    • 完成标准:明确当前价格与内在价值的比较
  2. 用$1测试

    • 完成标准:判断这个行动是为股东创造还是毁灭价值(>$1 or <$1)
  3. 对任何"无视价格"的建议保持警惕

    • 完成标准:检查是否有"回购总是好的"/"分红总是好的"这类绝对化建议

B — 边界

  • 需要能评估内在价值——否则无法判断价格是否合理
  • 市场可能长期低估,导致"合理"的回购在短期内看似不明智
  • 作者盲点:巴菲特有足够的资金等待——小投资者可能等不起

相关 skills (阶段 3 填充)

  • depends-on: aesop-three-questions
  • composes-with: hold-forever, economic-moat

审计信息

  • 验证通过: V1 ✓ / V2 ✓ / V3 ✓
  • 蒸馏时间: 2026-04-16

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