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Can you tell me would you ever advise a non-financial corporation to speculate (increase risk) by trading in financial futures? Why or why not? Give some examples.

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The expert examines non-financial corporation to speculate by trading in financial futures.

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It really depends on how they are going to do this. For example, whether or not it is a financial corporation is not as important as who they are using to speculate. If it is a brokerage firm that is respected in its field with a broker who knows what he's doing, it is still ...

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