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 ...

Derivatives are financial instruments that derive their value from one or more underlying financial assets. Learn more about the types of derivatives and the pros and cons of investing. Financial ...

Derivatives are a form of investment that depend on changes in a particular financial instrument. They are typically characterized by contractual obligations between two parties with opposing ideas of ...

Successful participation in derivatives begins with understanding the structure that supports market activity. Traders who ...

Lawmakers moved closer to passing sweeping reform of the financial system as a Senate panel approved new regulations for the complex derivatives market with the backing of GOP Sen. Charles Grassley of ...