Most funds would practically be starting from zero, considering the low percentage of total assets the metal represents today.

考虑到今天金属资产在总资产中所占比例很低，大多数基金实际上可能是从零开始。

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Therefore, interest rates paid on these two forms of assets have to be nearly the same; in the present environment, both rates are close to zero.

因此这两种形式的资产利率是接近的。在目前环境下，这种利率都接近为零。

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This action also raises the prices of the financial assets bought, which lowers their yield (as long as the yield is above zero).

这一行为同时增加了买入资产的价格，降低了它们的收益(当收益率大于零。)

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Because capital is usually, and legitimately, a small percentage of assets, capital can easily go to zero and a perfectly sound institution can be declared insolvent and taken over by its insurer or some other government agencies.

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By 2022, says one of the authors, return on assets will hit zero.

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"The BOJ will pursue powerful monetary easing by maintaining virtually zero interest rates and purchases of financial assets as long as it deems appropriate, " the statement said.

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