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Sam Graves: Investor Warren Buffet has described the multi-trillion dollar market in financial derivatives as the equivalent of a…

On the recordFebruary 2, 2009
Investor Warren Buffet has described the multi-trillion dollar market in financial derivatives as the equivalent of a financial pearl harbor.
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Sam Graves
Republican · Missouri

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Graves cites Buffet's warning about the risks of unregulated derivatives markets.

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