Federal Reserve officials announced a plan to purchase up to $300 billion in long-term U.S.government bonds to bolster the nation's economy.

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These are long-term government bonds and I--now these are--since they're long-term, they have some uncertainty and variability to them.

这些是长期政府债券,由于它们是长期的，就存在不确定性和变化性。

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Stocks have paid 4% more a year over this incredibly long time period than short-term bonds.

股票在相当长的一段时间里,每年都比短期债券投资收益率,高出4个百分点。

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I have stocks, bonds, and oil but I want also to add one more final asset, we'll call it the riskless asset, long-term bonds are somewhat uncertain and variable because they're long-term.

有股票，债券和石油,我还想再增加最后一种资产，我们称之为无风险资产，由于长期债券持有期限很长,存在一定不确定性及风险。

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