The number of retail investors is rising as people become richer.
随着人们越来越富裕,零售投资者的数量正在增加。
Now, most auction-rate securities held by retail investors will be repurchased.
大部分由散户投资者持有的此类证券将会被回购。
Walmart's profits have mostly come from overseas expansion and cost-cutting, not the kind of sales growth on home turf that retail investors like to see.
沃尔玛的利润大多来自海外扩张和削减成本,而不是零售投资者希望看到的国内销售增长。
Many retail investors shrug off the inherent disadvantage they face, with so many insiders privy to so much information that they are not.
许多散户投资者对其面临的固有劣势置若罔闻,这么多业内人士提前获知他们所不知道的信息。
The losers would not just be the small, retail investors who piled into the market when it was already relatively expensive, but could also include government organs and state-owned companies.
亏损者将不仅包括那些在股价已经相对较高时一窝蜂地涌入股市的小散户们,也将包括政府机构和国有企业。
Second, although specialised funds are very useful for professional investors, they may tempt retail investors into taking too much risk.
第二,虽然专门的基金对于专业投资者来说挺有用但是同时也会引诱散户承担太多的风险。
ETFs allow retail investors to behave like hedge funds.
ETFs可使散户投资者若对沖基金般运作。
Whether retail investors understand this is not clear.
散户投资者是否明白其中的道理我们不得而知。
Second, because of their inertia, retail investors tend not to buy funds; funds are sold to them.
第二,由于惯性,个人投资者并不倾向于主动去购买基金,而是被卖给他们。
To be sure, retail investors are not required for incremental liquidity.
当然,增加流动性不一定需要个人投资者参与。