TEPCO swaps – 1 year later

It’s been over a year since Japan’s nuclear disaster sent radiation (and credit default swaps) spewing into the sky but finally 14 months later, both radiation and CDS are coming down.

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Chesapeake Energy CDS is energized

It doesn’t take any natural gas to energize the swaps of America’s biggest natural gas company

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London Whale costs JPMorgan 17 bps in credit risk

What does it cost to have a ‘London Whale’ working at your company?

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Markit iTraxx Japan exceeds 200

For the first time this year, the benchmark index of Japanese credit default swaps crossed 200 basis points.

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define security-based swap dealer

The SEC is following through on proposals from last year to define a security-based swap dealer. If its latest definitions go into law, this is what you might find if you were to ask google to define it (right now its not defined).

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To IG or not IG – that is the question

To investment grade or not investment grade – that is the question for Ford and Nokia.

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Eircom auction results

Final price: 7.125

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Hawker Beechcraft auction results

Final price 63.5

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H&R Block mortgage investors ask for their own refund

While April’s tax season is usually a boon to H&R Block’s cyclical tax business, this time it was its Option One mortgage unit that took a bite out of the company. Credit default swaps rose to over 500 basis points late last week.

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Pink slimey swaps

Pink slime and other negatively in the American beef industry is causing Tyson Foods’ credit default swaps to rise

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