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CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

Complex financial instruments called credit default swaps (CDS) have roiled the financial markets for months. What are these things and how risky are they? Should investors worry if their mutual fund owns some of them? If a company that's been deeply involved in this area of the market goes bankrupt -- as Lehman did -- what are the ripple effects?

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...standpoint, pushing down the spread on credit default swaps to 295 this morning from 320 or so yesterday.

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