The debt to equity ratio

In fact, a lower debt-to-equity ratio could actually lead a bank to take on more risks in order to make up for the loss of leverage.

事实上，较低的债权比(杠杆率)可能还会促使银行去承担更多的风险以弥补低杠杆率的损失。

On average the companies on our list have a 13% debt-to-equity ratio.

今年上榜企业的债务股本比率平均为13%。

Banks such as JPMorgan Chase, which face more-stringent regulation (relatively) than investment Banks, such as the pre-2008 Goldman Sachs, have a debt-to-equity ratio of 13-to-1 or so.

和投资银行比——如2008年前的高盛——像摩根大通这样的银行则被严格监管，它的债权比(杠杆率)只有13：1左右。