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by Ashraf Laidi
Posted: Feb 20, 2010 5:00
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Posted: Feb 20, 2010 5:00
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CDS: Credit Default Swap. You can look at it as a price of insurance of a certain amount of a debt (a government bond for example). The higher the CDS the higher the perception of a potential default (bankruptcy, crash, screwing up) of the entity selling the debt (the government for example).
Now, regarding bonds, the yield of the bond is similar. Investors want higher yield on a more risky debt (which makes sense: if you're going to give someone irresponsible a money for a piece of paper [a bond], then you want back much more in comparsion to giving money to someone responsible, right?)
Now, the spread (difference) between the yield of German 10yr bund (relatively stable with low risk) and the Greece Government 10yr bond (relatively unstable and risky right now) tells you, how bad is the situation of Greece :) and how screwed the EURo could be.
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the strengh of this liquidity program is still at its momentum.
now everybody is gonna await a correction but one problem persist; and it is the depth of the injection liquidity program from thefed and central banks; one market to foresee is the government oblig