股票投资用语。进行零星小额买卖的投资者，一般指小额投资者，或个人投资者，与大户相对。股市里的操盘坐庄就是庄家，当庄家赚钱时散户就亏钱。亦有同名书籍《散户》。
等小散户扛不住放弃养猪事业的时候，高盛会形成垄断的格局，到时候，他又可以加价以谋求利益。
After retailers can't help to give up raising pigs, Goldman Sachs will in a monopoly position and can raise the price to make profit then.
SEC称新的协议将使得这些散户投资者以及机构投资者包括小的企业或慈善机构等，只要购买了美林的证券，都将在损失上获得弥补。
The SEC said the new agreement will enable retail investors, small businesses and charities who purchased the securities from Merrill "to restore their losses and liquidity."
今年是一小撮大机构投资者和对冲基金，承担了购买的大部分份额，而不是散户。
A handful of big institutional investors and hedge funds, rather than retail investors, have been responsible for the lion's share of buying this year.
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