Toddsterpatriot
Diamond Member
Put this in your browser and smoke it.You Googled derivative and found credit default swap is the type of derivative I have been referring to.You are comparing betting to our financial markets. Our financial markets are based on assets not chance.It can only be a zero sum game if the money is paid out.
You're wrong.
If you and I bet $10 on the Cubs game, one of us will win $10, one of us will lose $10.
Adds up to zero.
If I win the bet and you default, I'll get $0 and you'll lose $0.
Still zero sum.
Derivatives were made illegal in the early 20th century because it determined to be gambling not securities.
Some assets are not hard assets but there needs to be assets or it is just gambling.
The term security means it is secured with something.
You may be successful in your business but you do not understand financial markets.
You are comparing betting to our financial markets.
Because a credit default swap is a bet.
One side is betting the loan or firm will default. The other side is betting it won't default.
Derivatives were made illegal in the early 20th century because it determined to be gambling not securities.
Derivatives have been traded on the CBOT since before the Civil War.
With that very limited knowledge you are talking out of your ass about something you do not understand.
You cannot fake it with a google search.
Nice try.
You Googled derivative and found credit default swap is the type of derivative I have been referring to.
Google didn't exist when I first learned about credit default swaps.
You cannot fake it with a google search.
You're proof of that.
Options and futures trading is the closest practical example to a zero-sum game scenario. Options and futures are essentially informed bets on what the future price of a certain commodity will be in a strict timeframe. While this is a very simplified explanation of options and futures, generally if the price of that commodity rises (usually against market expectations) within that timeframe, you can sell the futures contract at a profit. Thus, if an investor makes money off of that bet, there will be a corresponding loss.
Zero-Sum Game
http://www.ncpa.org/pdfs/ib187.pdf
You have partial knowledge, not full knowledge. I am not sure where you got it from or didn't get it from.
Thanks for the link.
Be sure to let me know if you ever find one that proves I was wrong about something.