derivative market losses starting to emerge, page-4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative_security

Should all be good if the global economy is a going concern ..... if not we are going to a global depression .... i am going to sit on the sidelines but i do criticise americans for not saving lehmans

"The main use of derivatives is to reduce risk for one party"

"The use of derivatives can result in large losses due to the use of leverage, or borrowing"

"Derivatives facilitate the buying and selling of risk, and thus have a positive impact on the economic system[citation needed]. Although someone loses money while someone else gains money with a derivative, under normal circumstances, trading in derivatives should not adversely affect the economic system because it is not zero sum in utility."

but

"Derivatives massively leverage the debt in an economy, making it ever more difficult for the underlying real economy to service its debt obligations and curtailing real economic activity, which can cause a recession or even depression."