Recently I had the opportunity to meet with one of the most excitable options traders and educators in Las Vegas...his name is Mark Longo and he's the founder and main options guy at TheOptionsInsider.com. I was able to spend about 45 minutes just chatting with him about what's going on in the options world, what's new with his site, and everything he said about options made perfect sense. Almost as if he actually knew what he was talking about! Come to find out later in the conversation he knew what he was talking about, and he's an authority on options...egg on my face! TheOptionsInsider.com is a great FREE resource for all things options and with Mark at the helm you won't be led astray. Please enjoy the article (as I read it twice), comment below, and visit TheOptionsInsider.com today!
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We are seeing a familiar refrain in the financial world these days. Regulators, politicians and even the financial media are jumping back aboard the "derivatives are evil" bandwagon.
Derivatives are a popular scapegoat for the ills of modern society. When commodity prices surged last year, the finger of blame immediately pointed at rampant speculation in the derivatives markets (see It's Time To Ban CEOs & Senators From The Derivatives Markets and The Rage Against Derivatives Speculators Is Unfounded for more information).
But the true backlash came later when the financial crisis paralyzed the global economy. Not surprisingly, the outrage once again turned toward derivatives. But this time the response was different. It wasn't isolated to a handful of grandstanding politicians and CEOs arguing about inflated commodity prices. It poured in from all segments of the marketplace as institution after institution collapsed under the weight of their own greed.
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