Will naked CDS get covered?

The financial reform law could allow the CFTC to ban the controversial swaps if it’s in the public interest.

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By John Hintze

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Naked credit default swaps appear to have gotten Congress’s attention. Critics have long said that buying a naked CDS is akin to buying insurance on your neighbor’s house and then hoping it burns down.

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