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Posted by: berkeley 5 months ago

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Yet an effect of both deals, should they go through, is the elimination of all outstanding credit default swaps on Bear Stearns and Countrywide bonds. Entities who wrote the insurance - and would have been required to pay out if the companies defaulted - are the big winners.

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    berkeley5 months ago

    this is a little bit like robbing peter to pay paul.

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