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$596 Trillion! How can the derivatives market be worth more than the world's total financial assets?

By contrast, the value of the world's financial assets—including all stock, bonds, and bank deposits—was pegged at $167 trillion last year by McKins[...] read more »
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IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Sharply Higher on Earnings

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (ICE) reported earnings and investors bid the stock higher. Futures clearing and Credit Derivatives Swaps accounted fo[...] read more »
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Depression Solution Part 2: Derivatives and Financial Innovation

The common thinking about the recent economic collapse is that financial instruments, like derivatives and quantification formulas, were the reason f[...] read more »
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Derivatives Training - Learn How to Trade Options Using An Options Trading Calculator for Professionsals

Derivatives Training Video a live trade from October 2009 on Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and Google (GOOG) read more »
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When Genius Failed: The Story of Long Term Capital Management

LTCM is the most infamous hedge fund in history? After losing $4 billion, they had to be bailed out by banks and the Fed. How did this happen and wha[...] read more »
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Credit derivatives: The great untangling

Some of the criticism heaped on credit-default swaps is misguided. The market needs sorting out nonetheless read more »
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Leverage: The Root of All Evil? Or Another Investment Tool?

Traders use leverage to take positions that, if they are correct, will turn small returns into massive returns; on the other hand, a wrong move can e[...] read more »
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The Woman Who Foresaw the Credit Crisis 10 Years Ago

A little more than a decade ago, Born foresaw a financial cataclysm, accurately predicting that exotic investments known as over-the-counter derivati[...] read more »
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