It is impossible for returns to fall by more than 100%-the rather frequent drops of around 50% represent huge destructions of paper wealth.

股市收益下跌超过100%是不可能的，通常下跌50%左右就表示纸上财富的巨大损失。

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"I was kidnapped by a huge octopus, whose prisoner I now am," said the king's daughter. "Flee before it returns."

“我就是被一条巨大的章鱼抓来关在这里的，”国王的女儿说，“趁它还没回来，你先躲起来吧。”

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Thus, they are well placed to make huge returns by buying assets at the bottom of the cycle, just as they have done in past downturns.

ECONOMIST: Will private equity behave any better in this downturn?

Whereas workers' pay depends on the labour market (and has been kept down by the huge numbers of people joining the global economy), managers' bonuses are chiefly tied to returns on capital.

ECONOMIST: Executive pay

Blinded by the enormous returns their shares were earning in the stockmarket bubble, they allowed too many corporate managers to vote themselves huge and unjustifiable pay packages.

ECONOMIST: Shareholder activism