Derivative

Derivative instruments are categorized in various ways. One is the distinction between linear and non-linear derivatives. The former have payoff diagrams that are linear or almost linear. The latter has payoff diagrams that are highly non-linear.

derivative short for derivative instrument, a contract whose value is based on the performance of an underlying financial asset, index, or other investment.

Derivatives Derivative instruments are used as financial management tools to enhance investment returns and to manage such risks relative to interest rates, exchange rates, and financial instrument and commodity prices.

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Weather derivatives gives payoffs dependant on the weather. Usually the weather is measured by the deviation in the temperature from the normal temperature.

Derivative - Is a financial product which is based upon another product. Futures are based on commodities, financial indices or securities. Options are based on futures, securities or cash markets.

Credit Derivative Privately held negotiable bilateral contracts that allow users to manage their exposure to credit risk.

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Derivatives are financial instruments, such as forwards, futures, options and swaps, whose value is based on an underlying asset, index or reference rate. Discount rate ...

Derivative instruments are contracts whose value depends on some underlying price, interest rate, foreign exchange rate, or other variable.

Derivatives are financial products, such as futures contracts, options, and mortgage-backed securities. Most of derivatives' value is based on the value of an underlying security, commodity, or other financial instrument.

ASX Derivatives and Options Market (ASXD) Assumption Assumed interest rate ...

Derivatives Risk: A small investment in derivatives could have a potentially large impact on a fund's performance.

Derivatives Financial contracts whose value is derived from the value of some underlying asset, rate or index.

Derivatives Time Bomb - A possibile situation where the financial markets plunge into chaos if the massive derivatives positions owned by hedge funds and the large banks were to move against those parties.

Derivatives Complex financial instruments based on currencies, interest rates or shares that have made some people a lot of money and lost many other people a lot of money. For example, it was derivative trading that sank the Barings merchant bank.

Derivatives. Products, instruments, or securities whose value or terms are derived from another security. Many derivatives, such as futures and options, are traded on specialized and regulated exchanges, and can be bought freely by investors.

Derivative: A highly complex type of investment whose value is derived from another underlying asset. For example, options are derivatives because the option has an underlying stock, commodity or other asset on which its price is based.

Derivative Security A financial security whose value is determined in part from the value and characteristics of another security, known as the underlying security.

Derivative: An investment contract based on an underlying investment called an "instrument." The most common type of derivative is an option contract, which involves the right to buy or sell the underlying instrument at an agreed price.

DERIVATIVE A financial security whose value is based on, or "derived" from, a traditional security, asset, or market index. DISTRIBUTION The payment of dividends and capital gains to shareholders ...

Derivatives Financial instruments whose value varies with the value of an underlying asset (such as a stock, BOND, commodity or currency) or index such as interest rates.

Derivatives - Securities whose prices are based on the prices of another underlying investment. They include futures, options, swaps and warrants. E ...

DERIVATIVE An investment whose value is derived from the price movement of the underlying security. Some of the derivatives are leveraged to multiply the movement. This produces substantial gains or losses for a relatively small investment.

Derivative markets Markets for . Derivative security A financial security, such as an option, or future, whose value is derived in part from the value and characteristics of another security, the .

Derivative A financial instrument, traded on or off an exchange, the price of which is directly dependent upon (i.e., "derived from") the value of one or more underlying securities, equity indices, debt instruments, commodities, ...

derivatives Investments accounted for a fair value that generally derive their value from some other item; examples include commodity futures, options, and so forth fair value accounting ...

derivatives A financial security, such as an option or futures contract, whose value is derived in part from the value and characteristics of an underlying security.

Derivatives, currency, and commodities--that is, agricultural products and industrial raw materials--are handled by a number of specialized exchanges.

Derivatives market Derivative (finance) (see also Financial mathematics topics; Derivatives pricing) Underlying instrument ...

Derivatives, the great unknown with its respect to impact on the total US cumulative debt ...

Derivatives Derivatives are investments that are "derived" from something else. For example, options are derivatives because the option has an underlying stock, commodity or other asset on which its price is based.

Derivatives Securities that derive their value from another security, (eg. futures and options). (Also known as Synthetics).

derivatives (1) Financial instruments whose value depends upon the values of underlying assets, interest rates, currency exchange rates, or indexes.

Derivative Instrument A financial instrument or security whose value is based in part upon another security . For example, a stock option is a derivative instrument because its value is based in part upon the value of the underlying stock.

Derivative A financial instrument that depends on another related instrument for its value. For example a stock option is an option to buy a particular stock at a named price.

derivative / Derivat / dérivé / derivato A derivative or derivative financial instrument is a generic term for synthetic financial products which are linked to one or more underlying instruments such as shares, bonds, indices, etc.

Derivative Security A financial security, such as an option, or future, whose value is derived in part from the value and characteristics of another security, the underlying security.

Derivatives: Securities contracts whose prices are based on the price of an underlying asset (such as goods, securities, foreign currency, etc.) already quoted on the market; e.g. Futures, Options. Français: Dérivés Español: Derivado ...

Derivatives Derivatives are leveraged instruments that are linked to either specific financial instruments or indicators (such as foreign currencies, government bonds, share price indices, or interest rates) or to particular commodities (such as gold, ...

Derivative A security whose price is dependent upon or derived from one or more underlying assets. The derivative is a contract between two or more parties.

Derivative Investment instrument whose value is based on an underlying asset, index or other investment. Discount The difference between a bond's par value and its selling price on the secondary market.

derivative: A financial instrument based on an underlying contract or funding such as a swap, option or hedge. Devaluation : ...

Derivative instruments Contracts such as options and futures whose price is derived from the price of an underlying financial asset. Derivative markets ...

Derivative Security Any security (stock options, warrants, convertible securities or other) that may become a share of common stock. Determination Letter ...

Derivative Instrument A contract whose value is based on the performance of an underlying financial asset, index, or other investment. Devaluation Lowering of the value of a country's currency relative to gold and/or the currencies of other nations.

DERIVATIVE SECURITIES:  Securities that derive their value in whole or in part by having a claim on some underlying security.

Derivatives Financial ASSETS that "derive" their value from other assets. For example, an option to buy a SHARE is derived from the share.

Derivative: An instrument or product whose value changes with changes in one or more underlying market variables, such as equity or commodity prices, interest rates or foreign exchange rates.

Derivatives A derivative is a financial contract whose value is based upon, or ‘‘derived'' from, an underlying financial asset (such as a stock or a bond), a commodity (such as gold), ...

Derivative: A security whose value is based on a traditional security, an asset, or a market index.

Derivatives A derivative or derivative security is a security whose prices are based on one or more underlying securities.

Derivative markets Markets for derivative instruments. Derivative security A financial security such as an option or future whose value is derived in part from the value and characteristics of another security, the underlyingasset.

Derivative In the context of property investment, an instrument that can be traded separately from the underlying property, for example a PINCS or a unit in a unit trust. Derivative ...

Derivative A financial product whose value is derived from fluctuations in the value of an asset, such as options and futures. See also hedging and speculator. Director ...

derivative: Also called derivative security, a security derived from an underlying, real or financial asset, normally for purposes of hedging or reducing risk.

Derivative security: A contract whose value depends on the performance of some other security, index, or other investment. For example, a stock option is a derivative security whose value depends on the value of the underlying stock.

derivatives: securities whose value is derived from the some other time-varying quantity. Usually that other quantity is the price of some other asset such as bonds, stocks, currencies, or commodities. It could also be an index, or the temperature.

A derivative instrument whose coupon rate is linked to the market rate of interest in an inverse relationship. Inverse floating-rate note A variable-rate security whose coupon rate increases as a benchmark interest rate declines.

(2) derivatives. Offer to Purchase (Real Estate): A formal, legal agreement which offers a certain price for a specified real property. The offer may be firm (no conditions attached) or conditional (certain conditions must be fulfilled).

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