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The intrinsic complexity of the financial derivatives market has emerged as both an incentive to engage in it, and a key source of its inherent instability. Regulators now faced with the challenge of ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Chip Stapleton is a Series 7 and Series 66 license holder, CFA Level 1 exam holder, and currently holds a Life, ...

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 ...

Q Do companies sometimes find “unexpected” derivative instruments? A Yes! When companies want to borrow money at a fixed rate of interest, it is not uncommon to find that borrowing on a variable rate ...

A FASB proposal issued Tuesday is designed to provide more useful information to financial statement users about hybrid financial instruments that contain bifurcated embedded derivatives. The ...

Volatility ETNs are derivatives of derivatives of derivatives. The expected longer-term value of volatility ETNs is zero. ETNs such as XIV, ZIV or SVXY amplify market risks in exchange for high ...

Financial instruments are becoming increasingly complicated, and a new survey of CPA financial executives by the AICPA found concern about the valuation of instruments such as derivatives, with fears ...

In the recent past, derivatives have suffered from a poor reputation, with some critics viewing derivative instruments as a form of legalised gambling. While derivatives can be used to speculate on ...

Upvest has partnered with Boerse Stuttgart to enable financial institutions across Europe to offer securitised derivatives ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released two proposed accounting standards updates related to derivatives and hedging. Processing Content The first proposal involves the effect of ...