The idea is to use private capital and private asset managers to help set a market value for the securities.

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1, 10% it means that if the market portfolio goes up 10% in value 10% then this asset also goes up 10% in value.

当β等于1时，If，β,表明若市场组合增值,该资产也同时增值。

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These are really financial bets on whether some asset will gain or lose value.

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So we used this zero-book-value asset for financing based on the value of the library for TV syndication.

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This trick can be employed only when the current fair value of the asset falls below the book value of the asset.

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The price of any asset may rise or fall, but unless value is added or taken away from the asset the real value of the asset remains unchanged.

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