derivatives

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The CFTC, which was originally created to regulate commodities and derivatives markets, considers bets placed on prediction platforms a form of “swaps” trading.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The derivatives typically give investors leveraged long or short exposure to an underlying asset.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

“Everybody is bullish, but nobody is long,” said Ilia Bouchouev, who once ran derivatives trading for Koch Global Partners and is senior research fellow with the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

The enthusiasm surrounding perpetuals and their arrival in the U.S. appears to be spooking shareholders of established derivatives exchanges.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

NOTE.—The suffix -age is found only in French-Latin derivatives.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton