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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 ...

An energy derivative is a financial instrument that derives its value from the price of an underlying energy commodity, like oil, natural gas, or electricity. These derivatives include energy futures ...

Derivative value depends on the assets such as stocks, commodities, currency or indexes. These contracts are mostly applied in hedging, speculative trading, and to increase portfolio diversification.

A large, fundamentally false debate has been raging over allegations that exchange traded funds (ETFs) are 'derivative' investments; a term steeped in negative press and generally associated with high ...