Don't have large levels of debt. Debt may boost returns and profits during the good times, but can also drag down a company's performance in the bad times.

市场环境良好时,负债能增加回报和利润; 但当市场环境恶劣时,负债会影响公司业绩。

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The instrument in question, structured and marketed by Goldman, was a synthetic collateralised debt obligation (CDO), whose performance was tied to that of residential mortgage-backed securities.

被质疑的工具是合成型抵押债务债券（CDO），由高盛设计和营销。 该债券的表现与住房抵押贷款支持证券（residential MBS）相关。

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On measures like employment, public debt and school performance, Berlin ranks at or near the bottom among Germany’s 16 states (it is one of three city-states).

比一比就业，公共债款和教育的话，柏林在德国16个州里排名几近倒数（柏林是德国三大市级州之一）。

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The average yield for nonfinancial company bonds in the iBoxx Euro corporate index, which measures the performance of investment-grade debt issued in euros, is around 2.35%, Markit said.

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The charge is in connection with the sale of a synthetic collateralized debt obligation that was tied to the performance of subprime residential mortgage-backed securities.

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And the other relevant point is that there is plenty of evidence that once public sector debt reaches that range of 80-100% of GDP, economic performance suffers.

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