bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 1/27/2009
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Below we highlight a chart of an index that measures the default risk of investment grade credit in the US. Throughout the credit crisis, default risk has risen sharply, although it has ticked lower since peaking in December. Any decline in default risk is a good sign, but it needs to fall much ...
rgemonitor.com - 1/26/2009
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Credit default swaps (CDSs) have been identified in
media accounts and by various commentators as sources of...
risk for the institutions that use them, as potential contributors to systemic risk, and as the underlying reason for the bailouts of Bear ...
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Everything You Wanted to Know about Credit Default ...
bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 1/25/2009
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Below we highlight CDS prices for sovereign debt.
These prices measure the cost of protection against default...
for 38 countries around the world. Specifically, the CDS prices represent the cost per year to insure $10,000 worth of sovereign debt for ...
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Country Default Risk Continues to Rise
valueinvestingnews.com - 1/24/2009
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THE SHARK REPORT —
... BIG on credit defaults; More on the VIX ETN's; DR. BRETT on Three Basic Setups; ...
Words from the (investment) wise 2.1.09
The Big Picture —
... an index that measures the default risk of investment grade credit in the US. Throughout the credit crisis, default risk has risen sharply, although it has ticked lower since peaking in December. Any decline in default risk is a good sign, but it needs to fall much more before anyone can make the claim that things are ‘settling down’. As shown, the index has still not broken below the bottom of its uptrend line that formed back in April 2008.”
Source: Bespoke, January 27, 2009.
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