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ChichiriMuyo said:

But there was absolutely no way for them to fail serperately because of credit default swaps. 


Huh?  Credit Default swaps exist specifically FOR diversifying the risk to make it less risky.

Instead of having 5 loans in Las Vegas, you have one in LV, one in Chi, 1 in NY etc.


In an regular market, Credit Default Swaps makes things safer.