Credit default swaps can be used for speculation ... CDSs allowed investment banks to create synthetic collateralized debt obligation (CDO) instruments, which were bets on securitized mortgage ...

Who came up with this idea? And how was it propagated? The credit default swap evolved from swaps. So swaps were created in the 1980s. These are just contracts. You and I enter into an agreement.

A research group has proposed to hedge default risk in the utility-scale PV business by adopting credit default swaps. The ...

This article was first published in March 2008. We have since updated the credit default swap ratings so they reflect the current positions. The whole point about the 'credit crunch' - is that it ...

In this episode of "Fed Watch," Greg Foss discussed credit default swaps, central banks and the futures of debt and bitcoin. In this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s “Fed Watch” podcast, Christian ...

Fruhan, William E. "Saginaw Parts Co. and the General Motors Corp. Credit Default Swap (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 210-057, February 2010.