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In the 1987 stock market crash, according to the conclusions of the official Brady report, colossal sales of stock index futures by so-called portfolio insurers - whose investment strategies depended entirely on these derivatives - greatly exacerbated the 500-point market decline.

~Carol Loomis

Topics: According Brady Colossal Conclusions Crash Decline Depended Derivatives Entirely Futures Greatly Investment Market Official Portfolio Report Sales So-Called Stock Stock Market Strategies Whose

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The options and futures traded on exchanges are derivatives contracts.

~Carol Loomis

Topics: Contracts Derivatives Exchanges Futures Options Traded

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I turn aside with a shudder of horror from this lamentable plague of functions which have no derivatives.

~Charles Hermite

Topics: Aside Derivatives Functions Horror Plague Shudder Turn Which

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The same oil that gets burned as fuel is also the entire basis for the petrochemical industries, so our clothing, our plastics and our pharmaceuticals all come from oil and its derivatives.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Also Basis Burned Clothing Come Derivatives Entire Fuel Gets Industries Oil Our Same

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The Fed should make a clear commitment to stable money to reduce the swings in interest rates and inflation. Instead, it champions and flaunts unstable money. This encourages momentum trading and the growth of derivatives. Meanwhile, layers of financial regulation make Washington bigger and more powerful but don't fix the underlying problems.

~David Malpass

Topics: Bigger Champions Clear Commitment Derivatives Encourages Fed Financial Fix Growth Inflation Instead Interest Interest Rates Layers Make Meanwhile Momentum Money More Powerful Problems Rates Reduce Regulation Should Stable Swings Trading Underlying Unstable Washington

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Overwinding happens when hedge funds destroy companies by attempting to leverage derivatives against otherwise productive long-term assets.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Against Assets Attempting Companies Derivatives Destroy Funds Happens Hedge Leverage Long-Term Otherwise Productive

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If you have a traditional view of economics, you're probably thinking of Ben Bernanke making Fed policy, or the guys creating financial derivatives at Goldman Sachs.

~Emily Oster

Topics: Ben Creating Derivatives Economics Fed Financial Goldman Sachs Guys Making Policy Thinking Traditional View You

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People far too often associate derivatives markets with mere speculation, but there are very legitimate businesses that need derivatives to protect themselves against risk.

~Fred Ehrsam

Topics: Against Associate Businesses Derivatives Far Legitimate Markets Mere Need Often People Protect Risk Speculation Themselves Too Very

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