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CDS

British  

abbreviation

  1. credit default swap

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The decline in CDS spreads indicates Wall Street is growing more hopeful CoreWeave will rake in the revenue needed to justify its massive, debt-financed data-center buildout.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Google parent Alphabet’s 5-year CDS spreads are at 51 basis points, having climbed 2bps on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

But like an insurance company, if a CDS seller has many claims to pay and not enough money to pay them, it becomes insolvent.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

He's now the clinical director and resilience consultant for defence consultancy, CDS Defence & Security.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Oracle’s CDS spread has become a proxy for AI credit risk in general, as companies increasingly turn toward debt financing to fund their data centers.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

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