What is a Derivative? Understanding Financial Derivatives

Finding a financial advisor doesn't have to be hard. SmartAsset's free tool matches you with up to three fiduciary financial ...
Forbes

Financial Derivatives Explained: What Are They And How Do They Work?

Ben is the former Retirement and Investing Editor for Forbes Advisor. With two decades of business and finance journalism experience, Ben has covered breaking market news, written on equity markets ...
PBS

Why Derivatives Were Created and What Went Wrong

Derivatives, in essence, are insurance policies that various players on Wall Street and in the business world enter into to protect themselves from unforeseen calamities, whether it's wild ...
Morningstar

Ask Your Advisor These Questions Before Investing in Derivative Income ETFs

Susan Dziubinski: I’m Susan Dziubinski with Morningstar. Derivative income ETFs have been raking in the assets in 2025, gaining traction with advisors and iacnvestors alike. But what are derivative ...
Reuters

What derivatives, porn have in common: Matthew Goldstein

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The key to the Obama administration's plan to bring order to the murky world of derivatives ultimately rests on the definition of what is a standard run-of-the mill derivative.