Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who has been working in the accounting and finance industries for more than 20 years. Her expertise covers a ...

Flexible contracts combine the flexibility of the OTC market with the security and efficiency of the standardized market. Investors can design contracts that fit their investment strategies and goals.

Derivatives are financial instruments whose prices are based on the prices of other assets such as commodities and other financial instruments. Forward contracts, futures contracts and stock-share ...

Explore key types of contingent claim derivatives, including options and futures, and the role of future events in ...

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 ...

Different forms of derivatives trading could become the next step toward crypto mass adoption and give investors more transparency. Volatility has been the dominant theme in financial markets lately.