Their maxim for the past couple of years has been simple: the higher the capital ratio – specifically equity as a proportion of risk-weighted assets – the better.

过去两三年里，他们有一句很简短的口头禅：资本比例——具体地说就是股本对风险加权资产的比例——越高越好。

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The RAC ratio reflects Banks' leverage - asset volumes as a proportion of equity - and factors in greater risk-weightings on assets.

RAC比率反映银行的杠杆比率(资产在股本中所占比率)，并在更大程度上计入资产的风险权重。

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The ratio of assets to the equity of the five leading investment banks did increase greatly from about 23 in 2004 to the highly leveraged level of 30 in 2007.

五家最大的投资银行的资产权益比率从2004年的23大幅度增加到2007年的30这一影响巨大的高位。

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My Lynch-based method also likes financial intermediaries to have an equity-to-assets ratio of at least 5% and a return on assets of at least 1%.

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It's yielding 4.8% and has a fortresslike tangible equity ratio (capital minus intangible assets) of 13.9%.

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In the meantime the total number of banks in the US continues to decline while the ratio of tangible equity to tangible assets stands higher than any time in the 1984-2010 period.

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