Futures and Options Explained: The Origin and Philosophy of Derivatives

The Birth of Derivatives From Clay Tablets to Trading Terminals: Why We Bet on the Future Let’s rewind — way, way back. Not to the 2008 crisis, or even the Wall Street boom of the ’80s. We’re talking ancient Mesopotamia — 2000 BCE. Here, in the cradle of civilization, grain merchants were already scribbling contracts […]

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