Taming the derivatives beast
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Government regulators are concerned that derivatives may bring about a worldwide financial disaster. Banks do not understand the risks of financial derivatives to price them properly. Derivatives are becoming more popular, for reasons such as their cheap trading value.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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Back to the futures: Japanese derivatives
Article Abstract:
The Tokyo Stock Exchange stunned representatives of 22 firms attending a meeting on derivatives by announcing that the exchange wants to be able to stop stock-index futures trading whenever it feels that an overabundance of trading might begin to occur.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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The taming of the shrewd
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Well-known investors such as George Soros and warren Buffet have come to see markets as irrational. The views of such investors, and role of hedge funds are examined in detail.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2000
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