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On the recordFebruary 24, 2009
I think derivatives, while probably the vast majority of it is completely legitimate, the part that was not was the assessment of risk.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Conrad critiques the risk assessment in derivatives trading.

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