Credit default swaps (CDSs) provide protection for investors in the event that the borrower defaults on their debt or loan. They can play a pivotal part in financial and investment industries, as they ...

As Bear Stearns careened toward its eventual fire sale to JPMorgan Chase last weekend, the cost of protecting its debt, through an instrument called a credit default swap, began to rise rapidly as ...

Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Confidence in the credit-default swaps market may be undermined by the European Union's plan to resolve the euro region's sovereign debt crisis. The EU said yesterday that it ...

Investors are getting nervous the U.S. government might struggle to pay its debt — and they are snapping up insurance in case it defaults. The cost of insuring exposure to U.S. government debt has ...

It’s usually not a good sign when obscure financial instruments are making headlines. And that’s the case now as the political standoff over the U.S. government’s debt ceiling puts credit-default ...

Learn how credit default insurance protects against borrower default risks through credit derivatives like swaps, helping investors manage credit exposure efficiently.

Nomura Asset Management’s Richard Hodges began the year by buying credit default swaps, worried that rate cut bets were becoming too aggressive. He reduced the hedge when the cost of protection ...

Credit Default Swaps have received their share of blame for the financial crisis. American International Group’s CDS business not only brought down the insurer but also nearly toppled the financial ...

Investors are getting nervous the U.S. government might struggle to pay its debt — and they are snapping up insurance in case it defaults. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. The ...