swaps
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They sent two first-round draft picks and two first-round pick swaps to pry Kessler, a restricted free agent, from Utah.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Mr. Gershkovich’s account of Russia’s history of prisoner swaps is particularly intriguing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Credit-default swaps are derivative contracts that let one party buy “protection” against things like a corporate default, while the other party is the protected seller.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
The proposal notes that event contracts are financial instruments commonly known to trade as swaps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Lippmann was merely the trader responsible for buying and selling subprime mortgage bonds and, by extension, credit default swaps on subprime mortgage bonds.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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