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infected Topic in The Credit Debacle Catalog

Tue 2008-09-23 00:00 EDT

The Wall Street Examiner >> Dear Senator, Save Our Beloved Republic!

by Lee Adler; ``By assuming most of the bad debt from the financial system (if thats even possible), the government will be infecting itself with the disease it has been seeking to treat''

Beloved Republic; save; Senators; Wall Street Examiner.

Fri 2007-11-30 00:00 EST

Sudden Debt: CDS: Phantom Menace

CDS notional amounts increased from 26 to 46 trillion in last year; "far more CDSs are written relative to the amounts outstanding in individual bonds and thus credit events will infect and destroy much more speculative capital"; "generate highly volatile equity exposure with minimal or even zero margin requirements"

CDS; Phantom Menace; Sudden Debt.