I've just put the phone down after a long conversation with George Tchetvertakov, head of market research at Alpari UK.  We started off talking about the new NFA "hedging" regulations and their effects on the retail foreign exchange business. Eventually we moved on to discuss some other topics, including using hedging as a means of reducing risk, and George's opinions about markets in general.

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