Stock markets across Asia followed U.S. and European shares sharply lower, in reaction to the collapse of the investment company Lehman Brothers.

亚洲各地的股票市场对美国雷曼兄弟投资银行倒闭作出反应，随着美国和欧洲股市一起大幅度下跌。

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You wouldn't go to a pure investment bank either and say I want to buy a hundred shares of Ford Motor Company,? Where is your stockbroker?

你不能去一个真正的投行然后说，我想买几百股福特汽车的股票，你的证券公司在哪里？

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Investment trust company is different from unit trust and mutual fund for the latter two can be continuously sold with shares redeemed according to the investors' needs.

投资信托公司不同于联合信托公司和共同基金，后两者均可根据投资者的需求不断出售和赎回股份。

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you wouldn't go to a pure investment bank either and say I want to buy a hundred shares of Ford Motor Company, ? where is your stockbroker?

你不能去一个真正的投行然后说,我想买几百股福特汽车的股票，你的证券公司在哪里？

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For example, if Ford Motor Company wants to issue corporate bonds or they want to issue new shares they would go to an investment bank and the investment bank would say, okay we can underwrite for you, but we'll do it for you.

例如，如果福特汽车,想要发行公司股票或者募集新股,他们会去投行,然后投行的人会说，好的我们能帮你承销。

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