Ben is the former Retirement and Investing Editor for Forbes Advisor. With two decades of business and finance journalism experience, Ben has covered breaking market news, written on equity markets ...

Perpetual futures (also known as "perps") are a type of derivative contract that allows investors to gain exposure to the price movements of a reference asset without owning the asset itself. Like ...

Crypto derivatives were not built for just speculation. In traditional finance, derivatives exist to hedge risk. Farmers lock in crop prices. Corporations manage exposure to commodities or currencies.

Risk management is an investment choice. It’s up to the investors to determine the volatility of their company’s profits. Steady positive returns are attractive to some, but others might prefer chunky ...