Derivatives are complex financial instruments that draw value from the performance of underlying assets. Learn the types, ...

It recently came out that a $1.2 billion derivatives portfolio that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) managed for the Libyan government lost 98.5% of its value between 2004 and June 2010. If a firm ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

One of the biggest problems with Basel III and current banking regulation is that it fails to tackle the regulation of derivatives adequately. Far too little information about derivative contracts is ...

Tristan Yates is executive director of Yates Management, a consultancy serving U.S. financial institutions and mortgage-backed security providers. Yarilet Perez is an experienced multimedia journalist ...