Speculative swaps grew to dwarf real insurance swaps
Volume of speculative swap contracts grew to dwarf those for actual insurance—$5 trillion bonds issued in world but $60 trillion bet on those bonds via Credit Default Swaps: ie for every bond, 10 people promising to pay full amount if bond goes bad.
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The Global Financial Crisis »The Global Financial Crisis
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Pathology in the Credit Default Swaps market »Pathology in the Credit Default Swaps market
Speculative swaps grew to dwarf real insurance swaps
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