Can I buy Credit Default Swaps?
Might be a dumb question, but can individual investors buy CDS, specifically sovereign CDS?
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you sure you want em after the ISDA declared a 50% greek haircut not a credit event?
To answer your question, yes you can get the ability to trade in CDS provided you have enough money with a firm to get an IDSA Agreement signed and do enough business to warrant it.
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