Knowledge Application - Greek Credit-Default Swap Volumes Drop to Record Low Before Bond Exchange

If you click on the CDS under the labels present in the right column, you'll come across a video which is an introduction to Credit Default Swaps. They have been discussed in the CFA Level II Curriculum under Derivatives and a complete reading is based on these instruments. Below is the link to the Bloomberg article which discusses this topic with reference to Greek Bonds. The article act as an application to what we have been studying related to CDS.

Read the article: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-08/greek-default-swap-trades-dwindle-to-record-low-before-debt-swap-deadline.html