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A financial derivative is a contract whose value depends on one or more securities or assets, called underlying assets. Typically the underlying asset is a stock, a bond, a currency exchange rate or the quotation of commodities such as gold, oil or wheat.

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Pascucci, A. (2011). Derivatives and arbitrage pricing. In: PDE and Martingale Methods in Option Pricing. Bocconi & Springer Series. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1781-8_1

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