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Derivatives derive their values from the performance of these basic assets.

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Derivative

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Financial instruments that derives their values from the performance of an underlying asset

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ETF derivatives

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OTC derivatives

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Forward commitments

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Contingent claims

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Distinguish derivatives from mutual funds, ETF’s and other ‘pass-through’ instruments

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Derivatives transform the performance of the underlying asset before paying it out in the derivatives transaction.

Transformation is implicit

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Derivatives take their value and certain other characteristics from the underlying asset.

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Derivatives take their performance from an underlying asset.

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Mutual funds and ETF’s ‘pass through’

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The returns of their underlying securities

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Derivative strategy performance

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Derived from the underlying and the specific features of derivatives

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Derivatives are similar to insurance

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Transfer risk from one party to another

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Insurance

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A financial contract that provides protection against loss.

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Insurance provides protection against loss

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The party bearing the risk purchases an insurance policy, which transfers the risk to the insurer for a specified period of time. Risk itself does not change, the party bearing it does.

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Underlying

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Aka ‘underlying asset’, stocks and bonds

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The out option when combined with a position exposed to risk

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Functions almost exactly like insurance

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An insurance contract must specify the ‘underlying risks’

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Property, health, life

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An underlying value

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Is the source of risk

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Common derivatives underlyings

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Equities

Fixed income securities

Currencies

Commodities

Interest rates

Credit

Energy

Weather

Other derivatives

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Derivatives are created in what form?

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Legal contracts

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Legal contracts

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Two parties - the buyer and seller

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Derivatives buyer

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Long, the holder

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Derivatives seller

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Short, the writer

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General classes of derivatives

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Forward commitments

Contingent claims

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The ability to lock in an underlyings buy or sell price

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Forward commitments

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the two parties must transact in the future at an underlying previously locked in price
Forward commitment
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Types of forward commitments
Forwards contracts Futures contracts Swaps
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The right but not obligation to buy or sell the underlying at a predetermined price
Contingent claims
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'Contingent' claims
Choice of trade v. Inaction depends on a particular random outcome
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Primary contingent claim
Option
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Derivatives serve to improve market the performance of the markets for the underlyings
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Derivatives characteristics
Higher degree of leverage relative to the value of the underlying Lower transaction costs relative spot market transactions More liquid than their underlyings Risk transfer is simple, effective, and low cost Easier to go short
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A relatively high degree of leverage
Participants may invest only a small amount of their own capital relative to the value of the underlying
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High leverage drawback
Small movements in the underlying can lead to large movements in gain or loss on a derivative
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Going short derivatives
Benefiting from a decline in the value of the underlying
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Spot markets
Where assets are traded for immediate delivery
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Shareholders trade a derivative on the equity
To reduce or completely eliminate the market exposure
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Holders of fixed income, to focus on credit risk or interest rate risk
Use derivatives to reduce or completely eliminate one risk to focus better on the other
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Types of performance transformations facilitated by derivatives
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Derivatives facilitate performance transformations in order to...
Allow market participants to practice more effective risk management
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A financial expert expects derivatives to result in
management of financial risk
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Risk management has taken a prominent role in financial markets
Large losses from trading, lending, or operations reflect how poorly a company manages risk
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Risk management does not guarantee that large losses will not occur
Unless the amount of risk taken is so small that the organization would be effectively constrained from pursuing its primary objectives (profit)
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Risk management process
# Define a willing level of risk Measure the effectual level of risk Adjust the effectual risk level to match the willing risk level
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The best example of a derivative
A contract to purchase an equity share at a fixed price
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Not a characteristic of a derivative
A low degree of leverage
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Derivatives are not created in the spot market where
Underlyings trade
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Derivatives as risk management tools
Better adjust the level of risk than trading underlyings
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The overriding objective of derivatives
To manage risk
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Where do equities trade?
Organized exchange traded equity markets OTC markets
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Exchange traded equity markets
Formal organizational structures that facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers together through market makers, or dealers
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Market makers
Stand ready to buy at one price and sell at a higher price
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Standardization of terms and an active market allow market makers to 'scalp'
Ability to buy and sell almost simultaneously at different prices, locking in small, short term profits
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Exchange traded derivative contracts are standardized
Terms and conditions are precisely specified by the exchange aka there is very limited ability to alter those terms
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Standardized exchange traded derivatives markets make it easier to provide liquidity.
Market makers guarantee that derivatives can be bought and sold because contracts are well defined
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Cornerstones of exchange traded derivatives markets
Market makers Speculators
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OTC derivatives are customized
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Historical difference between OTC and exchange
OTC - formally organized or refer to informal networks of parties who buy and sell with each other. Strictly electronic. Exchange traded markets: brought buyers and sellers together in a physical location
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Informal OTC network of buyers who buy and sell with each other
Corporate and gov bond markets in the US
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A market maker is unable to scalp
Forced to hold exposed positions or layoff to speculators
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Lay off the risk
Trading (selling) off the risk to speculators
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Good speculators manage risk by watching their exposures, absorbing market information, observing the flow of orders to able to survive and profit or become uncomfortable speculator and...
...hedge risks
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Standardization facilitates creation of clearing and settlement operations
Which establish a critical flow of money in trading derivatives
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Clearing process
The exchange verifies transaction execution The exchange records the participants identities
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Settlement process
The exchange transfers money from one participant to the other or between the participant and exchange
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A critical element of derivatives trading
The flow of money due to clearing and settlement
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Derivative exchanges relative to securities exchanges in clearing and settlement
Derivatives clear and settle over night. Securities exchanges require two business days.
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Exchange traded derivative markets provide a credit guarantee via clearinghouses because derivative contract engagements are zero sum
Clearinghouses pay the winner if the loser cannot by margin bond or performance bond
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Margin bond or performance bond
A cash deposit that provides a credit guarantee
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Exchange market benefits
Standardized Highly liquid Guaranteed credit Transparent
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Exchange market transparency and standardization trade offs
Transparency discloses full information on all transactions to exchanges and regulatory bodies at the cost of privacy Standardization provides liquidity at the expense of flexibility
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A critical element by which derivative exchanges are able to provide their services
Standardization
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