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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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Netting and Credit Default Swaps — Part 3more

Offsetting the Risks Associated with Credit Default Credit default swap speculators like to take on risk and then...

Speculating with Credit Default Swaps — Part 2 | Intermarket Analysis ...more

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The Heart of the Matter: What Are Swaps? more

A look at what Warren Buffett calls 'financial weapons of mass destruction.'

Wikipedia entry on credit default swapsmore

Wikipedia entry on credit default swaps. With links to other resources.

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