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Basic Question 0 of 7

An alternative to buying bonds for a financial institution to diversify its credit exposure would be to:

A. sell CDS protection.
B. buy CDS protection.
C. buy the reference entity.

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schnurr ‘To diversify its credit exposure”. Wouldn’t buying cds protection diversify its exposure as well?
Logaritmus @up: Buying CDS is taking simillar credit risks.
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