Because of the Federal Accounting Standards Board's mark-to-market 157 rule, Wall Street had to write off the lower value of these securities and raise more capital, diluting shareholders.

由于联邦会计标准委员会有关“市场决定价格”原则的157条规定，华尔街不得不减记这些较低价格的有价证券并增加更多的资本金，稀释股东。

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Many institutions may still have to raise additional capital, diluting existing shareholders.

许多机构仍然要去筹集额外资本，用来为现有的股东减压。

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"They said they wouldn't raise equity, but they did, " he said, adding that both former CEO Josef Ackermann and Mr. Jain had expressed concerns about diluting shareholders in the past.

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That makes its stock price go up and enables it to buy more stuff without diluting existing shareholders.

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Hopefully, going forward both MMR and EXXI will stop diluting their shareholders to keep funding their growth.

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