But two areas where the bureau will not have power is over auto lenders or banks with assets of less than ten billion dollars.

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If a company--if its stock sells for less than its assets are worth then the company maybe should be broken up and the assets taken and given somewhere else because the low stock price indicates a problem.

如果一家公司---如果它的股票卖的,比它的资产价值低,那么这家公司也许就应该破产，并且,它的资产就应该被占用或分配到其他地方,因为低的股票价格预示着一个危机。

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Clients with less assets generate less profits for the firm.

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The company actually gets smaller, because it has less assets and less equity. (Compared to LInked-In, for example, that grew larger by selling shares and increasing its cash asset.) Over time the cash disappears, and the equity disappears.

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Perhaps it takes a far more ethical mindset on the part of money management firms to decline to offer financial products that will result in vast assets under management and high fees (but poorer performance), in favor of less assets and fees but improved investor returns.

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