derivative

That’s based on credit-default swaps — derivative contracts that investors buy to hedge against against default risk.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 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

And acceleration is nothing more than the derivative of velocity, x.

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

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

Intercontinental Exchange, owner of the New York Stock Exchange, launched a new gold futures contract in London, seeking to establish a derivatives market in the world’s leading physical bullion hub.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Within over-the-counter derivatives, IG said revenue retention in the third quarter was around 70%, below the 80% averaged since the second half of 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

From nuclear power and jets to drugs and financial derivatives, we’ve been regulating risky technologies for generations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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