The essential story of the period from 2003 through 2007 is that banks announced large profits and paid a substantial share of them to their traders and senior employees. Then they discovered that it had all been a mistake, more or less wiped out their shareholders, and used taxpayer money to trade their way through to new levels of reported profit.
2003-2007年期间的基本故事是，银行公告获得巨额盈利，并把其中相当大一部分用于奖励交易员和高级员工。然后它们发现这完全是一场错误，它们的股东或多或少损失惨重，并用纳税人的钱继续交易，直到达到报告利润的新水平。