É talvez um pouco mais claro do script do filme. Estas são as frases-chave
MARK: Are you worried about rising default rates?
MR. CHAU: I assume no risk for these products myself.
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MARK: Okay. This is a pool of, say, 50 million in subprime loans. How much money could be out there betting on it through these synthetic CDOs and swaps?! Right now?! Tonight?!
MR. CHAU: A billion dollars.
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Portanto, temos um gerente de CDO cujo trabalho é gerenciar quase o PIB de um país pequeno, mas que temMARK: CDO A has parts of CDO B and CDO B has parts CDO A, but then both get put inside CDO C?
MR. CHAU: That one's called a CDO Squared. And then there are CDOs made up of the opposite side of the bet you made with your swaps. We call them synthetic CDOs.