2. More specifically, instruments or contracts of a financial nature may be used within the following framework:(a) the hedging of investments, in whole or in part, in order to protect the yield notably against interest rate and exchange rate fluctuations, credit spreads, stock prices (movements in markets), commodity prices and volatility;
(b) the application of investment strategies based on the evolution of interest rate and exchange rate fluctuations, credit spreads, stock prices (movements in markets), commodity prices and volatility;
(c) the application of asset allocation strategies in the short and long term;
(d) the optimization of returns on moneys received on deposit.