Years of low interest rates and abundant liquidity have led investors to pursue higher-yielding assets, even if that means taking on greater risk.

多年的低利率和充裕的流动性已经使投资者开始寻求更高收益的资产，即使这可能意味着可能面临更大的风险。

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But it's definitely taking on some mortgage risk.

但是，这无疑是在承担某些抵押贷款风险。

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Risk-taking: On the other hand it may be the other way around.

风险承担：但是从另一方面看它又是另外一回事。

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"It did not adequately put in place a set of checks and balances on risk-taking that had systemic consequences."

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

The Fed is taking on a serious risk in doing this because these assets that it takes on in exchange for Treasury securities could fail.

美联储这样做很有风险,因为这些他们作为国库证券交换来的,资产可能是个烂摊子。

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The legislation will seek to limit risk-taking at firms and would raise regulatory requirements to ensure that banks have enough money on hand to weather an economic downturn.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

"We found a trading operation that piled on risk, ignored limits on risk-taking, hid losses, dodged oversight and misinformed the public, " said Carl Levin, the subcommittee's chairman.

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"We found a trading operation that piled on risk, ignored limits on risk-taking, hid losses, dodged oversight and misinformed the public, " said Carl Levin, the subcommittee chairman, who is a Democrat.

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If this risk is priced at the source, like pollution is, it should deter taking on this risk to some degree.

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