The linked story from NPR's Planet Money series is one of the clearest explanations I've seen of the unregulated derivative market that has brought the economy to its knees.
Planet Money link to How Credit Default Swaps work.
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- Dog off the leash!
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- Bennie and the Feds
- Almost Midnight for Ken Lewis
- If you Squint you can see the light at the end of ...
- Theater of the Absurd in Detroit
- Starving Private Beasts Too
- Green Shoots of Recovery?
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- UIT's What's to Like?
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- Brother can you spare a billion?
- Treasury Indecision
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- V=sqrt (2W/CdρA)
- Be a Zenful Investor
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- It's gone!
- No Trees Died in the Making of This Statement
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- Holes don't go to China, nor do mortgage rates
- Passive Investing 101
- If it walks like a duck......
- How Credit Default Swaps Work (CDS)
- You Own AIG! Pay attention!
- The Continuing Case for Emerging Markets
- More than a Money Pit
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- SELL! I mean BUY, No, I mean, turn off CNBC!
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