因为我们纳税人目前拥有近百分之八十的美国国际集团(aig),这家巨型保险集团公司倒塌的直接原因就是因为在最近那次伟大的信贷繁荣时期所销售的金融衍生品。
Because we own almost 80 percent of the American International Group, the giant insurer whose collapse was a direct result of derivatives it sold during the late, great credit boom.
CBM集团的金融顾问andre Cappon指出了两个(衍生品交易所抢手)更深层的原因。
Andre Cappon of CBM Group, a financial consultancy, points to two further factors.
随着这些衍生品的贬值,美国国际集团发现自己资金严重匮乏,不得不被迫在上周毕恭毕敬地向美联储求援。
As the market value of these derivatives fell, the firm found itself strapped for capital, and was forced last weekend to approach the Fed, cap in hand.
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