That Alt-A has troubles comes as no surprise.

次优按揭出问题并不奇怪。

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Alt-A loans typically allowed borrowers to avoid fully documenting their income or assets.

Alt - A级贷款通常不需要贷款人充分证明他们的收入或资产。

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

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Finally, the value of subprime and Alt-A mortgage bonds has soared in secondary markets this year, assuaging investor anger.

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The company spent the quarter trying to limit its exposure to alt-A mortgages, subprime mortgages, commercial real estate and leveraged loans.

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