Comments on: Sea change https://www.policyforum.net/sea-change/ The APPS Policy Forum a public policy website devoted to Asia and the Pacific. Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:15:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 By: Rich.Little@csiro.au https://www.policyforum.net/sea-change/#comment-73 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:15:05 +0000 http://www.policyforum.net/?p=4419#comment-73 In reply to Samotus.

Certainly the GFC led many to conclude that unregulated or poorly regulated markets are dangerous, but there are uses other than speculation. Risk management is perhaps the most important, as outlined in this paper:

(doi:10.1016/j.crm.2015.02.002) or
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221209631500011X)

]]> By: Samotus https://www.policyforum.net/sea-change/#comment-67 Fri, 22 May 2015 10:10:06 +0000 http://www.policyforum.net/?p=4419#comment-67 What is real value of derivative? It is financial instrument constructed only as a speculation tool and as we have seen in US 2008 crisis trillions of derivative dollars disappear within one night.

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