Essentially, derivatives are financial instruments that can be used to limit risk; their value is «derived» from
underlying assets like mortgages, stocks, bonds or commodities.
They can also apply to
underlying assets like commodities and indices although the results won't be exemplary.
So when you have
an underlying asset like that, it's a safe place to use this type of derivative, or swap structure.
Not exact matches
And, digital currencies aren't (at least at this time)
like a commodity which has
underlying value of a physical
asset.
«With Harbor, we could see things
like funds tokenizing LP interest for illiquid
asset classes, marrying the liquidity of markets with the illiquidity of the
underlying assets owned by the fund.
The GBTC trades
like a closed - end - fund usually at a price that is substantially different than the value of the
underlying asset, and does not possess the ability to create or redeem shares in the open market.
If you just owned the
underlying assets directly, you would cut out all of those obnoxious fees that act
like a tapeworm on your portfolio, slowly siphoning off your long - term wealth.
We use Bitcoin as the
underlying technology to gain exposure to digital
assets like the US Dollar or Ethereum.
They look at
asset returns
like I do — asking what the non-speculative returns would be off of the
underlying assets and starting there.
Language,
like money under inflationary conditions, loses its value as a medium of exchange when issued in excessive quantity and without regard for the real
assets underlying it.
Realizing appearance is everything, no matter what your personal credit profile or the
underlying asset looks
like, their experts know exactly how to package your deals so that they get funded... with the best possible terms, of course.
Pair options are one trading session long,
like the daily stock option, and the outcome is based on the daily relative performance of the two
underlying assets.
Secured debt involves placing an
underlying asset (
like property) as security for the loan where, through legal process, the lender can take possession of the
underlying asset if the borrower stops making payments.
I
like the lower costs of the ETFs, but I have refrained from ETFs because I'm concerned that the share values may not always be aligned with the value of the
underlying assets (because the ETFs can be traded
like stocks all day long).
We
like the fact that the
asset list is long, including currencies, indices, stocks, and
assets, which amount to over 500
underlying assets.
Even companies with genuine
underlying asset value,
like: i) REACT Energy (REAC: LN)-- approved / operational projects, or ii) Providence Resources (PVR: LN) & Kenmare Resources (KMR: LN)-- actual reserves / resources, can end up getting hammered when they're burdened with continuing negative cash flows & pretty insurmountable funding challenges.
Other types of ETFs include leveraged ETFs, which move
like a regular ETF with an added multiplier, or short ETFs, which perform well when the
underlying asset tumbles.
Sure, there's plenty of (potential) value here, in terms of reserves & resources — but
like its smaller brethren,
underlying asset value's often a pretty notional affair when the cost of accessing / exploiting it requires a daunting level of funding and / or dilution.
AIG common is behaving
like a warrant on the
underlying assets.
CFD trading may look
like betting — after all you do not own an
underlying asset in this type of trades.
The identification and valuation of these
assets, which can be held in both domestic and offshore vehicles such as trusts, limited liability entities and the
like, can trigger significant discovery disputes and involve multiple valuation experts (and the related review of valuation reports), lengthy depositions and the related forensic accounting and valuation of both funds and
underlying portfolio companies.
Trading of derivatives
like futures also serves to move volatility away from the
underlying asset and ultimately causes prices to become more predictable overall.