Many Chinese investors unfortunate enough to buy into the first wave of QDII funds, some of which fell 80% in value, lost their shirts.

许多不幸在第一时间买进了QDII基金的大陆投资者损失惨重。部分QDII基金价值下挫了80%。

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Some of the wild claims made at the time proved to be justified eventually, but not before around $1 trillion of value had been destroyed and many investors had lost their shirts.

那时的一些大胆的论断最终被证实是正确的。 大约有将近1兆的资产被耗费殆尽，许多投资者甚至倾家荡产。

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But Britain's existing railways were largely built by private companies, whose backers eventually lost their shirts.

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Try telling that to banks that have lost their shirts on top-notch mortgage-linked securities.

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When, this winter, they duly did, nearly half the people lost their shirts.

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