DEFINITIONSDERIVATIVES BUILDING BLOCKSMARKET PARTICIPANTSSUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONSEARLY ORIGINS OF DERIVATIVESDERIVATIVES IN THE USAOVERSEAS DEVELOPMENTS, INNOVATION AND EXPANSIONAN EXAMPLE OF RECENT INNOVATION: WEATHER DERIVATIVESTEMPERATURE-LINKED DERIVATIVESTHE WILD BEAST OF FINANCE?LESSONS FROM RECENT HISTORYCREATIVE DESTRUCTION AND CONTAGION EFFECTSTHE MODERN OTC DERIVATIVES MARKETTHE EXCHANGE-TRADED DERIVATIVES MARKETCHAPTER SUMMARY