Monday, March 19, 2007

花旗國樓市爆煲學英文

上個禮拜,孫柏文小休一周,亦因為小弟想發掘多啲新一代嘅財經口水佬,所以就搵咗好鍾意《世說新經》嘅方嘉誠,同埋有好多《高明邏輯》嘅高明輝寫吓財經大事。孫柏文當然有同大家一樣,睇咗呢兩位後輩寫嘅嘢,而我只可以話:「長江後浪推前浪、青出於藍勝於藍!」

如 果唔係因為我有雄厚嘅忠實、忠誠fan屎支持,就算我寫得幾差都不離不棄,相信我今日都有可能冇得再用隻《金手指》為大家篤、篤、篤。不過,我相信對一啲 比較保守嘅讀者嚟講,上個禮拜睇呢個欄位,可能畀咗大家一個「the slightly insane running the asylum 青山醫院被輕度思覺失調人士接管咗」嘅感覺。不過,我已經番咗來,青山醫院已經俾我呢個thoroughly insane接管番,所以大家唔使擔心。

入正題之前,最後想同掛住我嘅fan屎講:「I've missed you too!」

今 日,我想同大家分享上個禮拜小休時,學過嘅英文。其實,小弟嘅父母親,被殖民政府薰陶同洗腦,覺得學英文大晒,所以就喺我小時候推咗我去讀啲「國際學 店」,亦令我變成個啱啱好、僅僅可以照顧自己嘅雙語文盲functioning bilingual illiterate。所以我就要終身學習,希望可以彌補小時候嘅不足。

Subprime啱啱低過頂級

第 一個想同大家分享嘅英文字,就係subprime。相信絕大部份香港人,一生人裏第一次接觸prime呢個字,肯定係喺扒房。Prime beef,即係「頂級牛肉」,prime亦即係「頂級」。而sub呢個字,就係解釋為「啱啱低過」,所以subprime就可以繙譯成為「啱啱低過頂 級」。大家今時今日見到subprime呢個字,只因花旗國樓市當中有呢樣嘅按揭貸款類別。大家都知道,金融投資「毋需係好嘢,只需要抵買」,如果大家去 扒房食飯,叫prime beef要300元,不過侍應生同你講:「啱啱低過頂級嘅牛肉subprime beef,只係差少少,不過平好多。」相信大家都可能心郁郁,會去叫。

不過如果大家有機會去廚房睇睇,先至知原來所謂subprime meat,係用老鼠肉做嘅。而大家要謹記用subprime meat去形容老鼠肉同prime beef頂級牛肉嘅分別,技術上係冇錯。所以孫柏文都要讚一讚諗呢個「subprime按揭」,去形容一啲完全唔應該借錢嘅人,佢哋嘅按揭貸款風險。

Alt-A另類頂級

不 過subprime都尚算好,起碼明刀明槍話自己係sub。今日,再同大家講下一環將會爆發斷供潮嘅花旗國按揭貸款,Alt-A按揭。相信大家都知乜嘢叫 「A」,如果係A級,亦即等如頂級,A級貸款亦即等如借錢畀啲薪高糧準,大把還款能力嘅人。而「Alt」就係alternative縮寫, alternative可以解釋為「另類」,即係話「Alt-A按揭」可以繙譯成「另類頂級按揭」。

大 家可能會問:「頂級就頂級,何必要搞個『另類』出嚟?」問得好!點解「Alt-A按揭」要加個「Alt」上去,係因為申請Alt-A按揭嘅人,申請時毋須 提供入息證明,申請人話自己薪金(stated income)係一就一,係二就二,話自己有錢過李嘉誠都得。所以,如果個個人都係講真話,呢批按揭就係A級,不會因為唔同傳統A級,申請人冇提供入息證明,所以就要加「另類」上去,變成Alt-A「另類頂級按揭」。

大家要謹記,Alt-A同subprime按揭喺05、06年已佔花旗國按揭市場超過30%,好多千億美元,所以我問大家係唔係仲有排煩?

今日就解釋住Alt-A同subprime呢兩個英文字,聽日再繼續。

4 comments:

  1. 我想問呢, 點解侍應講 subprime beef, 下一段變左係 subprime meat? 唔係話係 beef 就係要係牛肉, 咁我叫個 subprime beef 變左做老鼠肉算唔算間餐廳呃我?

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  2. Hi pakman, how's your book?

    Price of gold & copper were rised up (above 250 days average).
    Can I buy in #2899, #3330 etc..
    Moreover, #358 stop trading right now. How can I get some jetso during the period? hehe.

    KAY

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  3. PacMan
    Let me teach you another word
    KRYTONITE
    = super black guy
    The week you're off and the index drops few hundred and rise when you're back :-P
    Anyway .. welcome back

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  4. To 域,

    Yes, made a mistake... should be meat the whole way through =P

    To Kay,

    My book writing is pissing me off... Much harder than writing a column. But will get it done... will get it done. As for 358. Buy when it reopens. The deal I heard looks good. And will be financed by A shares sale in Shanghai.

    To tintin,

    hahahahah, yes... me, the stock market kryptonite. We'll see what happens next. Seems like we are in the lull between large waves.

    Shuen

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