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DERIVATIVE SECURITIES

A derivative security is a financial security, such as an option or future, whose value is derived in part from the value and characteristic of an underlying asset. Common derivatives include future contracts, forward contracts, options and swaps. This topic covers the latest news on derivative securities.

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Derivatives markets regulation: Unintended consequencesmore

AFTER the crisis, policymakers agreed that the opacity of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market was a source of...

JPM, Interest Swaps and a US Bond Bubblemore

It's still not clear how the Whale managed to lose $2 billion (and counting), but most likely that had something to do...

Shocker: Did Bernanke Cause The JP Morgan Bust?more

S&P and Fitch finally downgrade JP Morgan, 3 years after my initial multimedia warnings (see Listen Carefully...

Debt and Redemption - Finance Documentariesmore

Debt and Redemption is must see viewing on the sovereign debt crisis. As most of us know by now "all over Europe,...

How the derivatives sold by the banks workmore

At its most basic, banks offered clients what is called an interest rate swap. The bank would offer the right to fix...

NYSE Euronext Merger Off, Where To From Here?more

NYSE Glitch Halts Derivatives Trading, Updatesmore

NYSE Euronext said a computer malfunction suspended derivatives trading on its Liffe market and halted price updates on...

US Economy | Ben Bernanke on commodities and consumer spending in the ...more

Anthony Harrington assesses Ben Bernanke's claims about the present state and potential future of the US economy,...

Derivatives | The EU’s attempt to control derivatives runs into critic...more

Anthony Harrington looks at the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA)'s views on the EU draft...

CCPs | Why pushing OTC derivatives through central clearing houses sti...more

Anthony Harrington looks at the complex issue of CCPs in OTC derivatives, the political nature of this and whether the...

Derivatives Day: Getting Naked and Other Options Trades This Weekmore

A brief survey of options ideas and strategies culled from what’s out there so far this week

Mr. Potato Takes It on the Chinmore

Potato trading is getting more interesting for players all over the world, thanks to U.S. government efforts to...

EAS Genesis Fund Earns Endorsementsmore

market movements than large-cap stocks, or foreign securities, which are subject to currency fluctuations and political...

Fitch Affirms Berkshire Hathaway's IDR at 'AA-'; Outlook Stablemore

earnings from non-insurance acquisitions. Risks facing BRK include volatility in shareholders' equity from equity...

Will Hedge Fund Registration Overwhelm the SEC?more

in the hedge fund industry. This is an industry that is often on the cutting edge, developing new derivative securities...

Pimco's Gross boosts bet that Treasury bond yields will surgemore

has borrowed the securities and sold them, expecting their market prices to drop. Gross also could be using derivative...

The buyout blues Japan's woes hurt LBO financingmore

of a loan fund said. "Now, they have stopped." During the 2005-07 buyout boom, CLOs and other derivative...

China Banks Begin Trading Onshore Yuan/Dollar Optionsmore

Trading of China's first onshore yuan foreign-exchange options began Friday, marking a long-awaited launch of the...

Swap Trades, Australian Mortgages, Google Probes: Compliancemore

CBOE Holdings Inc. and NYSE Euronext may create venues for derivatives that now trade over the counter to capitalize on...

Prudential Investments mutual funds honored by Lipper for performancemore

to currency fluctuation and political uncertainty; short sales, which involve costs and the risk of potentially...

Gross Starts Derivatives-Lite Total Return Fundmore

Hewitt EnnisKnupp. Pimco Total Return���s ���most unique aspect,��� according to the report, ���is its extensive use of...

Five local trading companies suspended by SECCmore

Ministry of Economics and Finance's the Securities Exchange Commission of Cambodia suspended five domestic forex...

Gross to Create Derivative-Lite Version of Pimco Total Returnmore

by Hewitt EnnisKnupp. Pimco Total Returns most unique aspect, according to the report, is its extensive use of...

High & Low Finance: There���s a Script for Unwinding Frauds, and T...more

get fabulous returns by using leverage. That was where several banks, including Citi, came in. They would structure...

Seoul Punishes Deutsche for Market Manipulationmore

will still be able to make "unavoidable" hedging transactions related to trading as a liquidity provider of...

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