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martingale:
Yet doing so if you could would open you up to the counterargument that these options are just insurance, eg why should ordinary people or companies be exposed to the full risk of owning stocks

Why should ordinary people or companies be exposed to the full risk of devastating cyclical market mood swings?

I believe it would involve a lot of pain and misery throughout, which I'm ok with.

With the current system, there's already plenty of pain and misery throughout.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Jul 30th, 2009 at 04:59:48 AM EST
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