Standing outside the glass-domed headquarters of his plano, tex. bank in March, D. Andrew Beal presses a cell phone to his ear. He's discussing a deal to buy mortgage securities. In just a few minutes the deal's done: His Beal Bank will buy $15 million of face value for $5 million. A few hours earlier he reviewed details on a $500 million loan his bank is making to a company heading into bankruptcy-the biggest he's ever done. A few floors above, workers are bent over computer screens preparing bids for chunks of $600 million in assets dumped by two imploded financial firms. In the last 15 months Beal has purchased $800 million in loans from failed banks, probably more than anyone else.
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机译：站在他的平板德克萨斯州玻璃穹顶总部外面。在三月份的银行存折中，安德鲁·比尔（D. Andrew Beal）按下了手机。他正在讨论购买抵押证券的交易。在短短几分钟内，交易就完成了：他的Beal银行将以500万美元的价格购买1500万美元的票面价值。几个小时前，他审查了银行向一家即将破产的公司提供的5亿美元贷款的详细信息，这是他有史以来最大的一笔贷款。在上面的几层楼上，工作人员弯腰摆在电脑屏幕上，为两个被倒闭的金融公司倾销的6亿美元资产作价竞标。在过去的15个月中，比尔已经从倒闭的银行那里购买了8亿美元的贷款，可能比其他任何人都多。
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