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On the recordMarch 23, 2015
derivatives can be an important risk mitigation tool. But, if unregulated, derivatives can also, as Warren Buffett famously said, become financial weapons of mass destruction.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Warner warns about the risks of unregulated derivatives.

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