Alternative funds can be imposing to some investors. These funds might employ complex investment strategies and sometimes the financial instruments they hold can be tough to decipher. That’s ...

While there are funds that say they use, or may use, derivatives, it can sometimes be difficult to ascertain much about how the asset class is actually used. Many people think the main purpose of ...

An energy derivative is a financial instrument that derives its value from the price of an underlying energy commodity, like oil, natural gas, or electricity. These derivatives include energy futures ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to know what you think about the use of derivatives by mutual funds. Last week, the SEC voted unanimously to seek public comment on what it termed “a ...

The table below summarizes how these contracts differ: Did you know? Perpetual contracts often utilize funding fees, periodic payments exchanged between long and short positions, ensuring the contract ...

Financial derivatives are a form of secondary investment, involving a derivative of an underlying security to provide contracts with specific terms including fixed values or fixed time periods.

Well, it’s only been what eleven years since Long Term Credit almost brought down the financial system and the world was introduced to the word “derivatives.” They were a brand new concept back then ...

Kai Ryssdal: In the House of Representatives today, there was a small first step toward new regulations for the financial industry. The House Financial Services Committee passed new rules for ...

With more of President Trump’s tariffs expected to kick in, entrepreneurs are doing what they do best: protecting their bottom lines. To do so, some are wading into derivatives markets to mitigate ...