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One of the characteristics of this decade’s bull market has been the emergence, use, and growth of derivatives, options and futures products, both for hedging and for pure investing purposes, and a company in this segment worth a review is FC Stone.

FCStone Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCSX) provides risk management consulting and transaction execution services to commercial commodity intermediaries, end-users and producers. An FCSX unit also offers grain merchandising services for grain buyers/sellers in the U.S. and overseas; the company also ships about 100 million bushels of grain per year.

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