What is another word for derivatives?

Pronunciation: [dɪɹˈɪvətˌɪvz] (IPA)

When we talk about derivatives, we usually mean financial instruments that derive their value from an underlying asset, such as stocks, commodities, or currencies. However, there are many other words that we can use to talk about these types of instruments, depending on the specific context and purpose. For example, we might refer to options, futures, contracts for difference (CFDs), or swaps as derivatives. We might also use terms like hedging instruments, financial products, or structured products. In short, there are many different synonyms for the word "derivatives" that can help us communicate effectively and accurately about these complex financial instruments.

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Usage examples for Derivatives

"Sentimentality and its derivatives, puerile pity and false sensitiveness, can create illusion for those who do not practise the art of reasoning, but the friends of common sense do not hesitate to condemn them for it.
"Common Sense Subtitle: How To Exercise It"
Yoritomo-Tashi
Although the meaning of every concrete general name resides in the attributes which it connotes, the objects were named before the attributes; as appears from the fact that in all languages, abstract names are mostly compounds or other derivatives of the concrete names which correspond to them.
"A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)"
John Stuart Mill
It is easy to fancy that all living bodies, both animal and vegetable, are only natural growths from the lowest forms of life; that these lowest forms are a development, with new manifestations of energy, from inorganic matter; that compounds are derived from elements; and that the last are derivatives of some one element; but it must be borne in mind that this is only a theory.
"An Introduction to Chemical Science"
R.P. Williams

Famous quotes with Derivatives

  • Over and over again, financial experts and wonkish talking heads endeavor to explain these mysterious, 'toxic' financial instruments to us lay folk. Over and over, they ignobly fail, because we all know that no one understands credit default obligations and derivatives, except perhaps Mr. Buffett and the computers who created them.
    Richard Dooling
  • I didn't become interested in derivatives until 1982, 1983.
    John Hull
  • There are challenges in terms of the measurement of VAR for what are known as nonlinear derivatives, where things like gamma and vega are important dimensions of the risk.
    John Hull
  • We started giving presentations at practitioner conferences in 1986, and since then all of our derivatives research has been stimulated by contact with practitioners.
    John Hull
  • One of Nietzsche’s most important legacies to us … is his claim that it is desirable and possible to dismantle the Platonic apparatus of Forms, Absolute Truth, the Idea of the Good, etc. and its historical derivatives, such as Kant’s transcendental philosophy, and that this can be done without fear of falling into “relativism.”
    Raymond Geuss

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