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  • Rail Transport CDS Levels and the Dow Theory [View article]
    Edward,
    CDS are credit default swaps - the cost to insure the debt of a company against default. Not being snide, they've made headlines the last nine months or so, thus the straight-to-abbreviation usage.


    On Aug 14 09:19 AM Edward, Lord Clarendon wrote:

    > JIM:
    >
    > It would be helpful if bloggers defined their abbreviations on first
    > usage, as in the AP stylebook (if there still is such a thing).
    > This is a common problem in jargon. It is the same as saying, "
    > I'm a knowledgeable inside person and you're NOT." I know I'm not,
    > that's why I read anything and everything. And have been for 400
    > years.
    >
    > What is CDS? Not being snide: I want to learn things and this doesn't
    > help.
    >
    > Left to guessing I suppose CDS is a measure of non-utilization of
    > rolling stock. It might relate to fuel consumption, though, or track
    > utilzation..
    Aug 14 11:24 am |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
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