DERIVATIVES
Definitions & Tutorials
Derivative Security (Wikipedia)
Introduction
to Securities Futures (OCC)
LIFFE Learning
Centre (Register to Access Online Option Tutorials)
Options University
(OIC, Register to Access Online Tutorials)
Market Information
Bloomberg.com
Market Data: World Currency
Chicago Merchantile
Exchange Futures & Options
Chicago Board Options Exchange
Commentary & Reference
Financial Pipeline Derivatives Page
International Swap and Derivatives Association (ISDA)
Global Macroeconomic and Financial
Policy Site (Nouriel Roubini @ Stern GSB NYU)
Foreign Currency Exchange
(FRB NY)
All About the Foreign Exchange
Market in the United States (FRB NY)
Principles for the Management and Supervision
of Interest Rate Risk (BCBS No. 108, July 2004)
Quarterly Derivatives Factsheet
(OCC US Treasury)
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
Caveat: We distinguish between Derivatives and Commodities based on a hidden distinction, namely that Commodities in our sense are physical commodities traded traditionally for actual delivery under a futures contract in exchanges, while Derivatives are more properly understood in modern usage as financial contracts, whether in option, future or swap form, transferring financial risk and not necessarily providing for actual delivery and traded both on exchanges and in the over-the-counter and banking markets (depending upon the underlying subject of the contract, for example, foreign exchange versus interest rates versus energy versus agricultural products). Commodities in the form of traditional futures contracts may be subsumed under Derivatives, but we distinguish the two in the corporate finance context for clarity's sake. Thus, you should refer also to resources at Derivatives.