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A [[financial instrument]], feared in Nebraska as some kind of [[Financial weapons of mass destruction|WMD]], in the cradle of the Levant as a sort of Godless gambling contract, amongst commodity producers of the Midwest (other than that one fellow in Omaha) as a legitimate [[hedging]] activity, and for legions of patient [[negotiator|negotiators]] in London, New York, Hong Kong and the thriving satellite constellation of low-cost jurisdictions from Bangalore to Nashville, a steady, dreary, unglamorous means of keeping home fires stoked and food upon the table. | A [[financial instrument]], feared in Nebraska as some kind of [[Financial weapons of mass destruction|WMD]], in the cradle of the Levant as a sort of Godless gambling contract, amongst commodity producers of the Midwest (other than that one fellow in Omaha) as a legitimate [[hedging]] activity, and for legions of patient [[negotiator|negotiators]] in London, New York, Hong Kong and the thriving satellite constellation of low-cost jurisdictions from Bangalore to Nashville, a steady, dreary, unglamorous means of keeping home fires stoked and food upon the table. | ||
Could be a [[swap]]<ref>Also, fondly, known as a [[sw-ŏp]], but ''never'' a [[sw-æp]]. [[Swap does not rhyme with crap|Swaps aren’t, and don’t rhyme with, crap]].</ref>, an [[option]] or a [[future]] | Could be a [[swap]]<ref>Also, fondly, known as a [[sw-ŏp]], but ''never'' a [[sw-æp]]. [[Swap does not rhyme with crap|Swaps aren’t, and don’t rhyme with, crap]].</ref>, an [[option]] or a [[future]]. | ||
Not, and especially now in light of the fabulous parallel regulation of the [[Securities Financing Transactions Regulation]], a [[stock loan]] or a [[repo]]. | Not, and especially not now, in light of the fabulous parallel regulation of the [[Securities Financing Transactions Regulation]], a [[stock loan]] or a [[repo]]. | ||
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