Jonathan Biggerstaff's Articles

Previously we discussed what a derivative is and, more specifically, what a credit default swap (CDS) is and how they work. We saw that credit default swaps are actually comparable to simple insurance...
Banking (Nov 3rd, 09)

With our financial system in disarray, it seems that no one will give us a straight answer on what caused it. My goal in the next few blogs is to explain specifically what happened during the econom...
Banking (Oct 27th, 09)