For in a true junk shop, not even the proprietor is always quite sure what his dusty stock conceals.

置身于一家真正的旧货店中，甚至店主都常常对自己蒙尘的存货中究竟隐藏着什么不甚明了。

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That drove stock prices further down and was followed by the decline in "junk bonds" market.

成为推动股票价格进一步下跌，其后下降的“垃圾债券”市场。

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The only difference between the original hostile takeover- and leveraged buyout-predators of the 1980s and the current band of Internet dealmakers is that the new generation is using stock certificates instead of junk bonds to snap up rivals.

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Of course, junk bonds have a tendency to follow the direction of the stock market and to reflect the risk-appetite in the overall economy.

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Like junk companies in the U.S. are doing today when they sell stock to retire debt.

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