tisdag 17 juli 2012

Derivatives Should Be Banned From Financial Markets

The next time some derivatives proponent says that derivatives reduce risk, increase transparency, and are well hedged, stop them in their tracks and ask if they believe in tooth fairies, Easter bunnies and leprechauns. Actually, it's safer betting on the leprechauns than in the soundness of modern derivatives finance. Since markets seem not to have learned from past disasters, one should expect worse to come.
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/economic-intelligence/2012/07/16/derivatives-should-be-banned-from-financial-markets?s_cid=rss:economic-intelligence:derivatives-should-be-banned-from-financial-markets&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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