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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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Split View on Greece: Bonds Worry, Euro Doesn'tmore

...woes pose a risk to the European currency union? Prices are soaring on so-called credit-default swaps...

Iceland Credit Risk Rises `Considerably' If Bailout Loan Shelved,...more

Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Iceland’s credit risk may rise ... Credit-default swaps on the nation’s debt rose 37 basis...

Greece Woes in Focusmore

...already showing signs of angst: Prices of so-called credit-default swaps tied to...

2010 is the year of the Sovereign Debt Crisismore

Some countries will continue to witness increased credit default swaps. ... Greece and Ireland will face sovereign risk...

Roubini: The Coming Sovereign Debt Crisismore

Some countries will continue to witness increased credit default swaps. ... likely influence investors' perception...

Greed Heads: “Taking Down Capitalism the Hard Way”more

“Back before there were such things as credit default swaps, collateralized debt...

TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE WALL STREET MESSmore

...is still at risk. . . For starters, FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair testified that the credit-default swaps...

Insider Trading Of Credit Default Swaps: Is It Legal?more

At this late date, no one knows whether insider trading is permitted in credit default swaps.

Systemic risk, financial contagion, and Jeff Gordon on "Avoiding....more

...effect from counterparty risk and "similarity risk ... liquidity to avoid credit ... Deposit insurance is only...

Tip of the Icebergmore

AIG — and more specifically its credit-default swaps exposure — was an important...

Why Tim Geithner Should Go To Jailmore

2008 it had to settle billions of dollars of its credit default swaps at pennies on...

Credit Default Swaps: Frequently Asked Questionsmore

Credit Default Swaps: Frequently Asked Questions. 8 pages. This report defines credit default swaps, explains their use...

SELECTED ENFORCEMENT CASES: MARKET CRISIS AND INSIDER TRADINGmore

...first insider trading case based on claims involving credit default swaps.

Exuberant optimism vs. total bull****more

...charge far more in fees and points for its credit default swaps (the policies that...

Proposed Transaction Tax - H.R.4191more

...stock transactions (1/4 of 1 percent (0.25%)), futures (0.02%), swaps (0.02%), credit default swaps (0.02%), and...

Goldman Sachs Helps YRC Worldwide Avert Bankruptcy After a Plea by...more

Credit-default swaps are financial instruments based on bonds and loans that are...

Robb E. Lovell: Obama, Our Judas?more

...away ordinary American's money on still unregulated credit default swaps and 40+ to...

JAL Bankruptcy Proposed As Option to Banksmore

...would not back any more loans to JAL, raising the risk it could run ... this year while the spread on its 5-year...

Goldman, Deutsche, and the Destructive Use of Synthetic CDOs Come...more

To make a much longer story short, credit default swaps on mortgages became possible...

Cds - heading towards more stable systemmore

Current Issues Credit default swaps December 21, 2009 Heading towards a more stable system The use of credit default...

High Frequency Trading: The Best Of Technological And Financial...more

With mortgage-backed securities, things like credit default swaps actually were a...

Letting large banks failmore

...counterparty for subprime-related credit default swaps. They were not...

Article from Asia Timesmore

...bailouts by taxpayers have been established, risk management in ... risks through securitization, extreme...

Looking for high returns? Follow the moonmore

Imploding equities, exploding credit default swaps, soaring gold and slumping oil.

Credit default swaps: Heading towards a more stable systemmore

The use of credit default swaps (CDSs) has become increasingly popular over time.

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