He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Mira Norian / Investopedia A credit default swap (CDS) is a financial derivative that allows an investor to swap or offset their credit risk with that of ...

Identify and explore the most common types of swap contracts. Swaps are derivative instruments that represent an agreement ...

The cost of insuring South Korea's sovereign debt against default recently declined, data showed Sunday, after weeks of an ...

According to financial information provider Yonhap Infomax, on the 17th (local time), the five-year Korean CDS premium closed ...

A unified government under President-elect Donald Trump is unlikely to lead to a quick resolution of the U.S. debt-ceiling ...

Intrum AB’s lock-up agreement with creditors risks curtailing the size of the payout investors can expect from the insurance they bought against a default by the Swedish debt collector.

Our credit default swap, CDS premium, which had soared due to political uncertainty, has recently turned downward.The CDS premium is an indicator of the ...

The managers eschew below-investment-grade debt and often use derivatives such as credit default swap indexes and Treasury futures to adjust positioning based on their macro views. Credit default ...