Credit Default Swaps on Selected Sovereign Reference Credits (weekly)

Financial Sense Online  Market WrapUp with Michael Panzner 12/04/2008: "In recent months, policymakers around the globe have opened up the monetary and fiscal spigots in an attempt to counteract the credit crunch. Although safe haven buying has helped buoy prices on government bonds in spite of the budding tsunami of future supply, there are signs that investors are growing nervous. Premiums on credit default swaps (a type of derivative providing insurance on creditworthiness) for a wide range of sovereign reference credits, including the U.S., Germany, and the United Kingdom, have shot up, suggesting markets are beginning to price in an eventual -- and widespread -- loss of faith in government-issued debt."