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 ...

Credit default swaps (CDSs) provide protection for investors in the event that the borrower defaults on their debt or loan. Here's what you need to know.

A credit default swap is insurance against the possibility of default. Learn about their role in the financial crisis of 2007-09.

Credit default swaps are insurance-like contracts that promise to cover losses on certain securities in the event of a default. They typically apply to municipal bonds, corporate debt and mortgage ...

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A credit default swap is a form of insurance on bonds that investors buy and sell. When it looks like a bond issuer might have trouble paying, its CDS prices soar because the bonds are more risky.

The 6-month credit default swap dropped 13 basis points from Thursday's close to 212 basis points, data from S&P Global Market Intelligence showed. Sign up here.

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 ...

That's how much investors were willing to pay to insure $1 million in Treasury debt against default as of Wednesday, up from $1,400 at the start of the year. That is even more than during major ...