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. >> blackrock ceo larry fink making headlines today.quawk box" take a listen to what he he had to say about the short-term mentality of investors and specifically options traders. >> most players in the markets make money on the velocity of money. and so they're trying to talk about quick trades sxopand opti trading and all these other things, which studies show it has negative outcomes for most people and yet we perpetuate things like that. >> let's get a reaction from our very own options trader, jon najarian. i did put a request in to blackrock to get some more information on what exactly larry meant by all of these studies, what studies he specifically was mentioning, and i didn't get a response. >> no. and i couldn't find one either, melissa. i'm not surprised and i'm sure dan wasn't that people continue to demonize the product. however, the product, options, that is, grow at about 16% a year. if people were just losing, if all these studies proved people couldn't make money in options, you wouldn't see the volume of trade. you'd s

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