Ho, Sookhan2015-10-292015-10-292010-03-15http://hdl.handle.net/10919/62862They have been called "financial weapons of mass destruction" and blamed for a number of catastrophic losses and bankruptcies. New research by a finance professor at Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business, however, counters the popular perception of derivatives as dangerous tools and investments.text/htmlIn CopyrightPamplin College of BusinessPress releaseVirginia Tech. University Relations