So hand-waving aside about future exotic options, one thing America unequivocally needs in the near-term is more non-imported hydrocarbons.

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Perhaps due to the lack of exotic color options, the phone wasn't quite as appealing as when we first got our hands on its predecessors.

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The same time the flips - the other flipside of this is also that those people who managed to move into their own homes had to borrow more money, had to take out more exotic mortgages - options only, adjust rate mortgages - that left them ultimately more vulnerable.

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That's a day that occurs four times a year when contracts for stock options and other exotic securities all expire at once.

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Jenkins' 21 broadband traders can do exotic contracts, including futures, options and other derivatives.

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