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Credit default swap

A premium paid for a payment if a named borrower suffers a credit event. It looks like insurance but is not, because the buyer need not own the debt or prove a loss. A name to recognise, not traded here. Chapter 14

Explained in Chapter 14, The Wider Room, of Derivatives.

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