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brookstyesterday at 1:36 PM4 repliesview on HN

But isn’t the point that futures trading reduces volatility from things like weather?


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hyperhelloyesterday at 1:43 PM

“Absorbs” volatility might be more accurate.

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brudgersyesterday at 4:05 PM

The point is making money.

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quickthrowmanyesterday at 4:51 PM

Futures are a mechanism to transfer risk from one party to another, more or less.

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