U.S. credit markets weren't the epicenter of last week's sharp selloff in bonds. But the above chart shows how concerned ...

The short-term cost of insuring exposure to U.S. government debt climbed further on Friday in a sign of investor nervousness.

See how we rate investing products to write unbiased product reviews. A credit default swap (CDS) is a contract that allows one party (an investor) to transfer some or all risk to a third party ...

Credit-default swaps in Asia blew out the most since the worsening of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, as a rout in risk assets ...

Both one-year and six-month U.S. credit default swaps--which act as insurance against a default--jumped seven basis points to 58 basis points, the highest reading since May 2023, S&P Global Market ...

Euro credit default protection costs jump to 16-month highs on risk-off sentiment, as concerns about the impact of tariffs on global growth grow.

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 ...

What was the utility of the credit default swap in that case? Well, the basic concept or the original driver of credit derivatives was for banks to be able to transfer credit risk off of their ...