- plural of derivative.
derivatives
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Big moves in semiconductor shares have created a frenzy around leveraged ETFs that use derivatives to juice up daily returns in the stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
The global credit-default swaps market reached a record size of about $42 trillion in 2025, according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, a trade group for custom “over-the-counter” derivatives.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
It noted that compute may not yet have the characteristics that typically underpin a commodity derivatives market, including “fungibility, standardization, and sufficient liquidity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Buying CDS protection “remains our preferred way of playing the AI story in the credit derivatives market,” a Morgan Stanley team wrote in an Oct.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Along with Goldman, Deutsche Bank was the leading market maker in abstruse mortgage derivatives.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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