Friday, September 29, 2006

Commentary: Derivatives are house of cards that threaten "market mishap"

Commentary: Derivatives are house of cards that threaten "market mishap"

The value of the world's derivatives markets is now estimated at about $300 trillion. But since the total value of the stocks and bonds markets is only $65 trillion, derivatives are "essentially fake," according to a columnist for MarketWatch, and regulators should be worried now that "cracks are beginning to appear in the hall of mirrors Wall Street has designed."

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