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CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS - THE INSANE PROBLEM AND THE RADICAL BUT SANE SOLUTION
September 25, 2008
By Chuck Simpson
LINK: http://www.opednews.com/articles/CREDIT-DEFAULT-SWAPS--THE-by-Chuck-Simp...
The paramount reason for today's cancerous credit crisis is seldom even hinted and never explained.
First, a simple definition. A credit default swap is a form of insurance. A variant of mortgage insurance required of many home purchasers. An insurance policy that requires a company with financial strength to step up to the plate and pay the mortgage if for some reason the home buyer defaults.
A cred...
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