Part of the problem is that much of the Alt-A lending came at the tail-end of the credit boom in late 2006 and early 2007.

问题的部分原因在于很多次优按揭贷款发放于2006年末到2007年初，这段时期正好是信贷膨胀的末期。

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Banks have already sold a sizeable chunk of their Alt-A holdings to hedge funds and other asset-management firms, often at large discounts.

银行则已经将很大一部分的次优按揭大打折扣地转让给了对冲基金以及其它资产管理公司。

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Not only do subprime delinquencies continue to rise, but defaults on prime and Alt-A loans (those to good- or middling-quality borrowers) have started to climb too.

不仅次级房贷破产在继续增加，而且优级及次优级贷款（对那些好的或中级好的贷款者的贷款）破产也开始上升。

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The complaint also says that Fannie listed its exposure to higher-than-normal-risk Alt-A loans by nearly half.

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In 25 years, SXSW has mushroomed from a tiny music festival run by the local alt-weekly to a ten-day extravaganza attended by some 49, 000 people that, together with spring-break traffic, causes unholy traffic jams on Interstate 35 into and out of Austin (and has turned those same editors into decidedly wealthy entrepreneurs).

FORBES: TEDActive and SXSW Interactive

The Jayhawks' members were alt-country flag-bearers back when being an alt-country flag-bearer was still a big deal.

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