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Strategies & Market Trends : The Epic American Credit and Bond Bubble Laboratory -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stomper who wrote (101555)	2/22/2009 12:12:26 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

I'm pretty sure we're talking apples and oranges there: Credit derivatives have grown rapidly over the past several years as dealers increasingly used them to structure securities to help meet investor demand for higher yields. From 2003 to 2007, credit derivative contracts grew at a 100% compounded annual growth rate. In the third quarter, reported credit derivatives notionals rose 4%, or $680 billion, to $16.1 trillion despite the industry’s efforts to improve operating efficiencies having eliminated many offsetting trades.