Search results
-
O
Options are the Biggest market: There is $1.2 quadrillion invested in derivatives alone.
imo, to say the notional of a swaps contract is different than a futures contract is hard to understand, or completely correct. A conventional swaps contract is equivalent to a series of forwards/futures/CFDs/options contracts for a number of consecutive periods/months. The following new... -
O
Options are the Biggest market: There is $1.2 quadrillion invested in derivatives alone.
Q 2010 DERIVATIVES AND BANKRUPTCY : THE FLAWED CASE FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT https://www.law.upenn.edu/journals/jbl/articles/volume12/issue1/Lubben12U.Pa.J.Bus.L.61%282009%29.pdf UQ -
O
Options are the Biggest market: There is $1.2 quadrillion invested in derivatives alone.
Q 2010 AIRLINE BANKRUPTCY: THE DETERMINING FACTORS LEADING TO AN AIRLINE’S DECLINE http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1088&context=cmc_theses UQ -
O
Options are the Biggest market: There is $1.2 quadrillion invested in derivatives alone.
Q Cities Paying Millions to Get Out of Bad Bank Deals http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-chicago-paying-millions-bad-swap-deals.html Chicago is the latest example of the many local and state governments that are haunted by interest rate swap agreements they made before the Great... -
O
Options are the Biggest market: There is $1.2 quadrillion invested in derivatives alone.
Q Wall Street Confidence Trick: The Interest-Rate Swaps That Are Bankrupting Local Governments Wednesday, 21 March 2012 00:00 http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/8016-wall-street-confidence-trick-the-interest-rate-swaps-that-are-bankrupting-local-governments Far from reducing risk... -
O
Options are the Biggest market: There is $1.2 quadrillion invested in derivatives alone.
People trading with interest rates background would think swaps is not risky. But the report says the opposite. My view is normally the markets should be OK, when behaving normal. But black swan will appear and there is a systemic risk that no any single market could avoid. The source of... -
O
Options are the Biggest market: There is $1.2 quadrillion invested in derivatives alone.
For OTC contracts (total 553), roughly 70% are swaps (37+24+320+1+15=400); about 8% are options (13+40+0.5=44). -
O
Options are the Biggest market: There is $1.2 quadrillion invested in derivatives alone.
Q http://www.bis.org/statistics/about_derivatives_stats.htm Derivatives statistics The BIS compiles and publishes one set of statistics on exchange-traded derivatives and two sets on over-the-counter derivatives markets. Exchange-traded derivatives The exchange-traded derivatives... -
O
Options are the Biggest market: There is $1.2 quadrillion invested in derivatives alone.
It seems for USA alone, about $32 Trillion for options these years. $200 to $230 trillion for all derivatives. No idea roughly about the global figure - such as it would be how many times of the US total. Q Quarterly Report on Bank Derivatives Activities... -
O
Options are the Biggest market: There is $1.2 quadrillion invested in derivatives alone.
I think it'd be very hard to find the source of the above figure published. " Low end estimate $630 Trillion. High end estimate 1,200 Trillion. (For all derivatives, without mentioning what year.)" -
O
Options are the Biggest market: There is $1.2 quadrillion invested in derivatives alone.
Q The Root Cause Of The 2008 Financial Meltdown: Derivatives Submitted by IWB, on January 15th, 2011 http://investmentwatchblog.com/the-root-cause-of-the-2008-financial-meltdown-derivatives/ During the financial crisis in 2008, the root cause of the meltdown was derivatives. Specifically... -
O
Prediction: Losing election simply due to climate scepticism
This issue is a bit complex and complicate. Special rights for disadvantaged minority such as (intellectual or physical) disability should be quite normal and needed. Q https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_group Definition Refers to members of minority groups. The term is used to address... -
O
Prediction: Losing election simply due to climate scepticism
Respect the minority's rights is a definitely good thing, certainly! -
O
Even the Pope sides with Futurecurrents
Not really! Every individual's eternity is her/his contributions to the world while living. Contributions can be in real terms of sayings/thoughts, writings (including ET forums)/books, acts/helping others, creations/inventions, arts/music/painting, etc. that can be passed to any others on... -
O
Prediction: Losing election simply due to climate scepticism
1 week ban! lol -
O
Prediction: Losing election simply due to climate scepticism
He said "Enjoyed". Not anymore! -
O
Even the Pope sides with Futurecurrents
If the trolling is decent and polite, it's just for entertainment to everyone. Should be fine for killing time! The forum will be still moderated, right? -
O
Even the Pope sides with Futurecurrents
If I suggest a simple modification for the description of this forum from this " Politics & Religion: Not for the faint of heart. If you are easily offended, stay away from this forum! " to be changed to something like this " Politics & Religion: Not for the faint of heart. For decent...