And back when investing in such derivatives was limited to, e.g. buyers of such commodities, it worked fine. Now the average commodity "investor" just sees a d

And back when investing in such derivatives was limited to, e.g. buyers of such commodities, it worked fine. Now the average commodity "investor" just sees a differently-labeled slot machine and cares not at all about the underlying commodity, and never intends to accept delivery of same. For speculators, increasing (not decreasing) the boom-bust cycle is beneficial.