This set off a selling panic on the stock market.

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So there's a panic in the market for securitized mortgages - and the price is often very low or if it's they're very hard to market and hard to sell.

所以，在市场上,证券化按揭贷款引起了恐慌,并且价格通常很低或者说如果它,他们很那出售而且对市场不利。

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Such a market panic may be less likely than a slow cruise to new market heights on QE3, but the market ship may be more Titanic than Queen Elizabeth.

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Therefore, I concluded that the market panic had, in fact, created a buying opportunity.

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They urged Mr. Lenihan to accept the money and stop the market panic from spreading.

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