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Strategies & Market Trends : Ride the Tiger with CD

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To: robnhood who wrote (138414)12/3/2008 9:31:31 PM
From: emrs1  Read Replies (1) of 312835
 
<If Britain or the USA defaults, than does anyone really think that some two bit operation will be able to honour the protection that they sold?
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Maybe not, but you could profit as the sovereign's credit quality deteriorated. I would guess that few of the purchasers of this protection are doing so expecting outright defaults over the contract life.
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