American regulators refuse to challenge the financial-services industry’s claim that derivatives are used primarily for legitimate hedging and arbitrage. In truth, as the 2009 report by the U.K.’s FSA concluded, derivatives trading is mainly used for speculation, meaning creating risk and leverage.
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