The appearance of an extra $500 billion in demand for risky assets will reduce the quantity of risky assets that other private investors will have to hold. And the sudden appearance of between five and ten different government-sponsored funds that make public bids for assets will convey information to the markets about what models other people are using to try to value assets in this environment.
然而，盖特纳计划可能会让美国政府获取利润的事实却是一个滑稽闹剧。该计划的目的是减少失业。为买入危险性资产而需要的额外5000亿美元的出现将减少危险资产的数量，这些是私有投资人所必须持有的。而5或10种不同的政府赞助且需要公众竞相购买的基金的突然出现将向市场传达一个讯息，即在这种环境之下，其他人在为资产估值时会使用什么模式。