derivatives

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In moments when opportunity is cloaked in nuance, we have long relied upon John Marshall, Goldman Sachs’ derivatives strategist.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The derivatives typically give investors leveraged long or short exposure to an underlying asset.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

“Everybody is bullish, but nobody is long,” said Ilia Bouchouev, who once ran derivatives trading for Koch Global Partners and is senior research fellow with the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

In other words, bitcoin is still somewhat connected to tech stocks, but it no longer moves with them in a simple, automatic way, according to Jag Kooner, head of derivatives at crypto exchange Bitfinex.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

The model used by Wall Street to price trillions of dollars’ worth of derivatives thought of the financial world as an orderly, continuous process.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis