Showing posts with label Derivatives Market. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Derivatives Market. Show all posts

Monday, April 30, 2012

Derivatives Market

Derivatives Market
The market for derivatives is enormous representing an estimated $235 trillion in the United States and $707 trillion globally. The main types of derivatives in the United States are Interest rate swaps at $204.6 trillion, FX $26.5 trillion, Credit Default Swaps $15.2 trillion, Equity $1.6 trillion and Commodity $1.4 trillion.
While netting is 90.8% of the total exposure, the size of the positions are $78.1 trillion for J.P. Morgan, $56 trillion for Citibank, $53 trillion for Bank of America, $48 trillion for Goldman Sachs, and $1.79 trillion for Morgan Stanley.