Deep Dive: CFA® Level I Prep 2026

DERIV - Derivative Benefits, Risks, and Issuer and Investor Uses

Jun 25, 2025 · 20 min · Season 7 · Episode 3 · 19.7 MB
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See how issuers hedge earnings, how investors gain cheap leverage or preciseexposures, and where dangers lurk: basis, liquidity, counter-party and systemicrisk. Real examples show futures lowering funding needs and swaps smoothingcash-flow volatility—alongside cautionary tales of excessive leverage.