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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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Euro crisis: Contingency plans.more

Germany laying out its propossal for sovereign debt reduction

Nomura Cut Italian Assets by 83% Since September Amid Crisismore

Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan's largest brokerage, reduced assets linked to Italy by 83 percent from the end of September...

Perfect Storm For Europe to Declare Bankruptcy in Early 2012?more

Another U.S. Sovereign Downgrade Likely By 2011 Year End, Says Merrillmore

S&P under investigation over US downgrade — RTmore

Following a series of attacks from filmmaker Michael Moore and Senator Al Franken, the US Securities and Exchange...

EU Bank Earnings Estimates Exclude $14 Billion Greek Rescue Costmore

European lenders’ second-quarter earnings may be lower than analyst estimates because the full extent of...

Soros | Taking stock of George Soros, the SEC and Quantummore

With the SEC demanding financial regulation of many US-based funds as part of the Dodd-Frank act, George Soros has...

Don't believe the U.S. default-fear hypemore

took heart��� this week when a chart ��� showing a near-tripling in the prices of shorter-term U.S. credit default...

IFR-Norske Skog CDS tightens on bond plansmore

IFR) - The cost of protecting Norwegian paper maker Norske Skog's (NSG.OL Norske Skog's five-year credit default swaps...

Investors protect against U.S. defaultmore

year ago levels, according to the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation, which collects data on global trading of...

Japan Risks Rating Cut as Kan Fails to Galvanize Fiscal Planmore

May 28 (Bloomberg) -- Japan faces the rising risk of a reduction in its sovereign-debt rating as Prime Minister Naoto...

Carl Icahn: Wall Street Back To Its Old Tricksmore

he said.And by crap, Icahn is referring to the very same complex and toxic assets such as Credit Default Swaps that...

TD Bank Group Reports Second Quarter 2011 Resultsmore

Banking acquisitions. - A gain of $2 million after tax, due to the change in fair value of credit default swaps hedging...

U.S. Stock Futures, Emerging-Market Shares Rise; Euro Advancesmore

May 26 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock index futures gained and shares in emerging markets rallied before a report that may...

US Default ���More Likely Than in Indonesia���more

own constitutional clause that its debt ���shall not be questioned���. According to Markit, the cost of one-year US...

Investors protect against US defaultmore

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Risky assets recover poise after sell-offmore

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US Made Mistake Taking Huge Stake In AIG: Greenbergmore

expanded from insurance and financial services into much riskier instruments, which nearly caused its failure.

Stocks Retreat, Treasuries Gain on Economy Concern; Euro Risesmore

May 26 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks slipped, pulling the Standard & Poor���s 500 Index lower for the fourth time in five...

Why Lagarde at IMF Is Bad for U.S., World Economy: Opinionmore

very well trigger a crisis that goes well beyond the banking system if the collection of bets on credit default swaps...

U.S. Futures, Stocks Erase Gains on Economy Concern; Euro Risesmore

May 26 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures and European shares erased gains, while Treasuries rose after reports...

TURKEY DAYBOOK: Central Bank Expected to Keep Rates Unchangedmore

Yields on benchmark two-year bonds rose 1 basis point to 8.97 percent yesterday. * Turkey���s five-year credit default...

AIG: Time to buy world's most-hated stock?more

remember, this is AIG we're talking about. It is the outfit that infamously blew up by writing credit default swaps...

Bid to Use Gold as Collateral Advancesmore

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US default ���more likely than in Indonesia���more

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