CDSs, however, also played a pivotal role in the 2008 financial crisis. In this post, we’ll discuss how credit default swaps work, how they’re used, and the risks and benefits to consider.

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.

1002 GMT – The cost of insuring euro-denominated credit against default using credit default swaps rises on reduced appetite for risk after the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut interest ...

U.S. one-year credit default swaps widened to 22 bps on Wednesday, from 21 bps at Tuesday's close. The U.S. two-year Treasury yield was last up 1.4 basis points (bps) at 5.089%, while the 10-year ...

More companies are defaulting on their debt. So traders at banks and hedge funds are jumping back into the market for individual companies’ credit-default swaps, or CDS, to insure against default.

US credit default swaps flash default warning and speculators rush in Economy Published 05/25/2023, 03:58 PM Updated 05/26/2023, 02:01 AM ...

This spread has spiked to 60 bps or more in advance of the past recession, as Chart #2 shows. Chart #3 Chart #3 shows the level of Credit Default Swap spreads.

A single $5.4 million trade on credit-default swaps tied to Deutsche Bank's debt likely drove a $33 billion decline in European banks' market value.

JARED BLIKRE: Credit default swaps, or CDS, back in the news, evoking memories of 2008 and the global financial crisis, as well as "The Big Short" movie, but we're talking about today.

Cost of protection is closing in on level signaling concern Credit-default swap curve is inverted, indicating distress Credit Suisse Saw Client Inflows on Monday, CEO Says Gift this article ...