Comments on: Derivatives http://www.darkcoding.net/finance/derivatives/ Solvitas perambulum Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:15:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve Knight http://www.darkcoding.net/finance/derivatives/#comment-596 Steve Knight Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:30:47 +0000 http://gkgk/index.php/finance/derivatives/#comment-596 <p>A warrant is a share option that is usually traded over the counter (OTC). Share options are usually traded on an exchange. The warrants are usually 'given' away as sweetners on new deals but have a secondary market of their own. This asset class is nowhere near as popular as it used to be. Barings built, and probably lost, a huge fortune from Japanese warrant trading.</p> <p>[graham] Thanks a lot Steve. I've added this to the main post.</p> A warrant is a share option that is usually traded over the counter (OTC). Share options are usually traded on an exchange. The warrants are usually ‘given’ away as sweetners on new deals but have a secondary market of their own. This asset class is nowhere near as popular as it used to be. Barings built, and probably lost, a huge fortune from Japanese warrant trading.

[graham] Thanks a lot Steve. I’ve added this to the main post.

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