derivative

Credit-default swaps are derivative contracts that let one party buy “protection” against things like a corporate default, while the other party is the protected seller.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

“Since the summer the earnings tailwinds have started to moderate. Earnings are still strong but the market cares a lot about the second derivative, the earnings revisions.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Still, he blends it all into his own vision so it doesn’t feel derivative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

At present, derivative markets are sanguine, Bowler says.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

The same thing goes for taking the derivative.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

The global credit-default swaps market reached a record size of about $42 trillion in 2025, according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, a trade group for custom “over-the-counter” derivatives.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

It noted that compute may not yet have the characteristics that typically underpin a commodity derivatives market, including “fungibility, standardization, and sufficient liquidity.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The city of Chicago is also seen as the global hub for derivatives trading.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

ETFs that use derivatives like options to offer investors leveraged exposure to a given index, stock or asset have proliferated in recent years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

NOTE.—The suffix -ise, -ize, is of French origin, and is freely added to Latin roots in forming English derivatives.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton