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 they ...

As Bear Stearns careened toward its eventual fire sale to JPMorgan Chase last weekend, the cost of protecting its debt, through an instrument called a credit default swap, began to rise rapidly as ...

It’s usually not a good sign when obscure financial instruments are making headlines. And that’s the case now as the political standoff over the U.S. government’s debt ceiling puts credit-default ...

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The cost of insuring exposure to U.S. government debt has been rising. Investors are pricing in the increased concerns around the unresolved debt ceiling, several industry watchers said. The surge in ...

Oracle revealed plans to raise up to $50 billion in debt and equity to finance its massive data center commitments The company's 5-year credit default swaps fell 17% as the likelihood of a credit ...

Credit Default Swaps have received their share of blame for the financial crisis. American International Group’s CDS business not only brought down the insurer but also nearly toppled the financial ...

A single $5 million trade in credit-default swaps for Deutsche Bank likely sparked last week's stock market decline, Bloomberg reported. Credit-default swaps are an extreme form of insurance against ...

Stocks tumbled as much as 2.7% while the cost to insure Indonesian debt against default climbed by 4.3 basis points to around ...