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Ferlinda's avatar

Great story telling! I was looking for further information on commodities and these 5 stories are really helpful. I found it pretty interesting that in commodities market we have two kinds of markets: paper market and physical market--and how they affect each other.

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Aditi Taswala's avatar

Yes the origin stories of the derivatives market is one of my favourites!

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Avinash Shenoy's avatar

Fascinating! Loved it.

The amount of research this article took must have been insane. Kudos!

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Keshava  Murthy's avatar

An excellent article.

Guys who love history will enjoy it. Though a doctor buy profession, love history and try to understand present through the lens of past. My best wishes

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Aditi Taswala's avatar

Thank you for reading and commenting!

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Manuel Capel's avatar

Very interesting article, to see where the modern economy and finance come from. The derivative market is a double-edged sword: it develops markets, economies, at the risk of a massive systemic risk. One can try to regulate, but at the end of the day, there is no free lunch.

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Aditi Taswala's avatar

Thanks for reading!

Yes it's a tricky balance which countries need to continuously try to maintain when it comes to regulating the derivative market.

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