Financial institutions that were peddling subprime loans and derivatives thereof have moved on. They are now peddling products that will lose you money each yr (say 15%), but which they claim will make it up and more when a Black Swan happens. And BTW, they use derivatives.
But there are people in this business that have gd track records. Nassim Taleb, author of “The Black Swan”, has a fund which has grown from uS$300m in 2007 to around US$6 billion today.
And, bond funds, PIMCO and BlackRock (who largely avoided subprimes) have similar funds. They also advise clients on this issue.
