http://www.aleablog.com/uk-cds-breaks-the-100-barrier/ Alea Jacta Est Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:04:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.aleablog.com/uk-cds-breaks-the-100-barrier/#comment-2104 PureGuesswork Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:23:13 +0000 http://www.aleablog.com/?p=2096#comment-2104 I think so much trading in CDSs has nothing to do with the 'D' in the acronym, that one must be careful not to get too dramatic about it. For so many traders it is simply the most convenient method of entering a short position, not at all a hedge against default. I think so much trading in CDSs has nothing to do with the ‘D’ in the acronym, that one must be careful not to get too dramatic about it. For so many traders it is simply the most convenient method of entering a short position, not at all a hedge against default.

]]> http://www.aleablog.com/uk-cds-breaks-the-100-barrier/#comment-2103 Simon Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:57:10 +0000 http://www.aleablog.com/?p=2096#comment-2103 What is the farm? The banking system? What is the farm? The banking system?

]]> http://www.aleablog.com/uk-cds-breaks-the-100-barrier/#comment-2102 jck Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:09:58 +0000 http://www.aleablog.com/?p=2096#comment-2102 Of the big ones Italy is the one to watch, but Ireland is my best guess for the first to blow up, if blow ups come to pass...the Euro would already have converged with the Argentine peso without the $400 bn + in swap lines, courtesy of the fed. Of the big ones Italy is the one to watch, but Ireland is my best guess for the first to blow up, if blow ups come to pass…the Euro would already have converged with the Argentine peso without the $400 bn + in swap lines, courtesy of the fed.

]]> http://www.aleablog.com/uk-cds-breaks-the-100-barrier/#comment-2101 David Merkel Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:49:07 +0000 http://www.aleablog.com/?p=2096#comment-2101 Rational, but ugly... wonder which national government buys the farm first. I would expect a weak Eurozone country -- they don't have as many options as the US because they don't control their own currency. Rational, but ugly… wonder which national government buys the farm first. I would expect a weak Eurozone country — they don’t have as many options as the US because they don’t control their own currency.

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