derivative
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- noun
- /dɪˈrɪvətɪv/
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derivado
- In finance, a derivative is a contract whose value is based on the performance of an underlying asset, like a stock.
- derivatives market
- financial derivatives
- derivative contract
The most common types of derivatives contracts are forwards.
- The most common types of derivatives contracts are forwards.
- One of the simpler derivatives is is a forward contract.
- So ordinary people should stay away from these derivatives contracts.
- So put options are called derivative securities.
- Don't think about derivatives, futures, options, none of it.
- He was starting sort of a life insurance derivative hedge fund.
- So a a risk, a risk free currency derivative.
- So we have a lending business, We have derivatives so you can buy and sell options or structure products.
- This is an example of a derivative contract that injects a lot of complexity into financial theory.
- So we're a long way from what the promise of cryptocurrency and the derivatives like NFT are and what the reality of it is today.
Examples
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So put options are called derivative securities.
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And Congress had no choice but to break up the big banks and regulate the mortgage and derivatives industries.
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I should add that a derivative is a financial contract that derives from another financial.
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Our credit process is traditional, and we are not involved in credit derivatives.
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This is an example of a derivative contract that injects a lot of complexity into financial theory.
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I'm a partner in a derivatives-trading company in Geneva.
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Oil and its derivatives account for 50 percent of Saudi electricity production, mostly for residential use.
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The most common types of derivatives contracts are forwards.
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In May of 1998, the CFTC issued a proposal to regulate derivatives.
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By the late 1990s, derivatives were a 50-trillion-dollar unregulated market.
Synonyms
A financial product whose value comes from something like a stock or bond
Compounds
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A financial contract privately negotiated and traded between two parties, not on an exchange
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How fast one value changes compared with another at a particular point
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A private financial contract made between two parties, not traded on a public exchange
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A financial product whose value comes from something like a stock or bond
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How fast a function with two or more variables changes when one variable changes and others stay the same
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Derivative in finance uses the same root derivare ('from' + 'stream'). A financial derivative is called that because its value is 'drawn from' the value of another asset, so it depends on that other asset.