Where possible we also like the flexibility to buy put options at the market index level, again for downside protection.

如有可能，我们同样也愿意在市场指数的水平上购买认沽期权，以进行下跌保护。

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The Fed provides downside protection and there is no effective limit on the amount or nature of risks that the private financial sector can take.

美联储提供了下行保护，从而对于私营金融部门能够承受的风险数量或者风险本质没有有效限制。

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These securities have a variety of protections-such as liquidation preferences and voting rights-that provide VCs with downside protection and control.

这些证券有多种保护性措施，比如清算优先权和投票权-这给风投提供了下行保护和控制。

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The parameters of the spread indicate that the investor is looking for downside protection through expiration in July.

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So why would you ever make a trade that has limited upside and limited downside protection?

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But there is a price for that downside protection: underperformance when markets rise sharply.

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