Derivatives
Quiz: Find the derivatives of the following.
#1: e^(-2coscsc4x)(4pitan/-7secx)^cos6x.
Me: *blank stare*
#1: e^(-2coscsc4x)(4pitan/-7secx)^cos6x.
Me: *blank stare*
Derivatives by Sid Barrett December 9, 2008
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derivatives chad
Doesn't matter which way the market goes the derivatives chad always makes money.
Speaks fluent Greek. Basically invented Gamma Convexity. Trades options on Zeta Markets.
Speaks fluent Greek. Basically invented Gamma Convexity. Trades options on Zeta Markets.
derivatives chad by derivatives-chad June 3, 2022
derivative drivel
Nonsensical and cumbersome discussion using arguments mostly derived from other people's work with little to no real understanding of the context.
derivative drivel by coldplasma January 15, 2017
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Derivative Disease
The deindustrialization of a nation's economy that occurs when Wall Street financiers use fictitious capital to finance highly leveraged speculative investments of astronomically high risk that simultaneously devalue the nation's currency and destroy its productive capacity by stifling credit to the real economy.
Those fuckers on Wall Street have plundered our booty and given us all a scorching case of derivative disease
Derivative Disease by kiwi_david June 2, 2010
financial derivative
(FINANCE) a financial instrument whose value is tied to something else; for example,
* a futures contract (future)
* an option
* a swap
In each of these examples, the value of the derivative is related in some way to the price of something else. When the market price of (say) an ounce of gold goes from $1000/oz to $1050/oz, the return to the owner of 1 oz. of actual gold is 5%. But for the owner of a call option or a future, the return is much, much greater than that.
A derivative can be used to multiply risk AND potential profits to speculators; but it can be used for the counterparty to minimize risk by locking in prices, or by hedging against risk.
* a futures contract (future)
* an option
* a swap
In each of these examples, the value of the derivative is related in some way to the price of something else. When the market price of (say) an ounce of gold goes from $1000/oz to $1050/oz, the return to the owner of 1 oz. of actual gold is 5%. But for the owner of a call option or a future, the return is much, much greater than that.
A derivative can be used to multiply risk AND potential profits to speculators; but it can be used for the counterparty to minimize risk by locking in prices, or by hedging against risk.
financial derivative by Abu Yahya April 5, 2010
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