Wise Up Journal / Sovereign Independent - Sept/Oct issue, page 12
01.09.2009
By Gabriel O'Hara

Titanic Derivatives

What are derivatives? Some investors describe them as "dormant economic weapons of mass destruction". They essentially are large leveraged bets on top of stocks, bonds and commodities. Money can be made within months or seconds by betting if a stock will go up, down or even remain the same. With no credit rating you can place a bet worth double your account balance. Big time investors get greater leverage with these instantaneous loans.