INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING
INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780078025839
Author: J. David Spiceland
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Financial instrument: A financial instrument can be cash, or a share of ownership (stock investments), or a contractual obligation to deliver (accounts payable) or receive cash (accounts receivable), or a contractual obligation to exchange financial instruments (like stock options).

To explain: The reason for financial instruments being called as derivatives

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Some financial instruments are meant for managing risk in the financial markets. These financial instruments exist to safeguard against the risk created by other financial instruments. Some examples of such financial instruments are forward contracts, interest rate swaps, futures, and options. These financial instruments derive the values from the future value of underlying security or index. Hence, some financial instruments are called as derivatives.

Conclusion
Since some financial instruments derive the values from the future value of underlying security or index, they are called as derivatives.

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