School’s in session. Let’s talk about math. Go back to your calculus class senior year in high school. You take the derivative of y with respect to x. You are finding the sensitivity to the change in ...

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Derivatives are financial instruments that "derive" (hence the name) their value from an underlying asset. That underlying asset can be stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, even market indexes. For ...

Editorial Note: Forbes Advisor may earn a commission on sales made from partner links on this page, but that doesn't affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. A derivative is a financial instrument ...

The derivatives market doesn’t deal with fungible assets. Instead, it’s a secondary market focused on the volatility of capital markets and assets. As the name implies, the financial products traded ...