他们担心，如果贝尔斯登暴露出弱点，善变的客户们会从公司中取出他们的钱，其它金融机构也会拒绝与他们交易。
If Bear Stearns betrayed weakness, they worried, skittish customers would pull their money out of the firm, and other financial institutions would refuse to trade with it.
当日晚些时候，贝尔斯登发布消息，引用施瓦茨的话，声称“公司的资产负债表、资金流动性与资产仍然表现正常”。
Late in the day, Bear Stearns issued a news release, quoting Mr. Schwartz as saying that the company's "balance sheet, liquidity, and capital remain strong."
广告此外，这一举措隐藏的含义是，中等规模的投资银行对金融系统来说也举足轻重，这一点让任何至少与贝尔斯登同等规模的公司都成了投机者密切关注的目标。
Moreover, the implicit declaration that a midsize investment bank was systematically important puts any firm at least as big as Bear in the cross-hairs of speculators.
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