Ben is the former Retirement and Investing Editor for Forbes Advisor. With two decades of business and finance journalism experience, Ben has covered breaking market news, written on equity markets ...

Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who has been working in the accounting and finance industries for more than 20 years. Her expertise covers a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Obama administration has proposed exerting new government authority over derivatives, a largely unregulated multi-trillion-dollar market whose excessive risk-taking and poor ...

(Bloomberg) -- Investors in China are piling back into a risky category of derivatives known as snowballs, potentially frustrating financial regulators who tried to rein in the products last year when ...

Shares and derivatives each have their distinct place in investing. Understanding the differences between these two financial instruments can help investors use these products effectively to reach ...

Crypto derivatives are financial instruments that derive their value from underlying crypto assets. Traders place their bet based on speculation of the price movements of crypto tokens, and can choose ...

Over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives are derivatives executed and settled bilaterally with counterparties without the use of an organized exchange or central clearing house. OTC contracts are the ...

It has been a roller coaster ride in the derivatives world in 2025. We look back at some of the most notable events that have shaped the industry, and which are likely to continue reverberating into ...