Goldman's reputation is suddenly as toxic as the credit default swaps and other inexplicably exotic financial instruments it used to buy with glee.

由于信用的扩张和其他金融工具的使用，高盛的信誉遭到了严重的破坏。

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The raters' disastrous record in evaluating the soundness of packages of mortgage-backed securities and other exotic financial instruments is well known.

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New, exotic financial instruments, such as credit default swaps, are being cast as one of the principal villains in the credit crisis.

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But much of that performance was based on investing in alternative assets, like hedge funds, leveraged buyout funds and other exotic financial instruments that plummeted during the recent financial crisis.

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