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May 16, 2012
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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May 15, 2012
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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May 14, 2012
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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May 10, 2012
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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May 8, 2012
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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May 7, 2012
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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May 1, 2012
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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April 30, 2012
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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