medium · Debt Capital Markets pricing-yields-curve

Which of the following describes the 'negative basis' trade?

  1. Buy the cash bond and simultaneously sell CDS protection to lever up credit exposure.
  2. Buy the cash bond and buy CDS protection to capture a higher bond yield than the CDS cost.
  3. Sell the cash bond and also sell CDS protection, aiming to profit as the basis widens out further.
  4. Swap a fixed-rate bond into a floating-rate bond at times when prevailing swap spreads turn negative.

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