Hedge funds constitute only a small percentage of overall world financial markets, which, according to a recent study by the McKinnsey Global Institute, now exceed $120 trillion. And hedge funds, unlike banks, can leverage their bets, borrowing to take on assets many times the size of their capital base.
但是这个衡量标准是极具欺骗性的。对冲基金只在整个世界金融市场中占有很小的百分比。而根据麦肯锡全球机构最近的一项研究显示，世界金融市场的总资产超过120万亿美元。而跟银行不同，对冲基金可以通过贷款来下注，借到数倍于它们资金规模的资金。否则的话，乔治·索罗斯和他富有的投资者伙伴也不会梦想去挑战英格兰银行。