With the derivatives market larger than ever, we need way more regulation of Wall Street, not less.
To me, the Ennio Morricone kind of sound is a derivative of soul music.
I wrote three mysteries and then a contemporary spy novel that was unbelievably derivative - completely based on 'The Conversation,' the movie with Gene Hackman. Amazingly, the character in the book looks exactly like... Gene Hackman.
Hedge funds try to produce above-average investment returns using tactics ranging from traditional stock-picking to complex derivative and arbitrage plays. High minimum investments, redemption restrictions and aggressive strategies make them suitable mainly for more sophisticated and well-heeled investors.
Since I was not able wholly to subscribe to any one set of beliefs advanced by any 'guru' I had to fall back on my own, however derivative.
A.I.G. was even larger than Lehman, with a substantial presence in derivatives and debt markets, as well as in insurance markets.
I am attracted to anything that does not feel derivative.
The credit derivative market would never have evolved but for the preexistence of the derivative markets because so much of the technology was borrowed.
I turn aside with a shudder of horror from this lamentable plague of functions which have no derivatives.
I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.
