Mortgage backed-securities are created when large financial institutions securitize mortgages.

抵押支持是大型金融机构将抵押时产生。

Instead, they'd been securitized, sold in bits and pieces to various investors around the world.

相反，它们被，零零碎碎地出售给世界各地各种投资者。

JPMorgan's assets dwarfed those of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, but it was those smaller firms' highly leveraged bets on securitized subprime mortgages that had set off a panic.

摩根大资产使贝尔斯登（Bear Stearns）和雷曼兄弟（Lehman Brothers）相形见绌，但正是这些小公司对次级抵押高杠杆押注引发了恐慌。

And despite telling you this — " It is outrageous for residents to be saddled with skyrocketing power bills." — your governor signed legislation securitizing billions in utility company debt.

尽管告诉了你这一点——“让居民背负着飞涨电费是令人发指。” - 你州长签署了将数十亿公用事业公司债务立法。