A contract that pays out if a borrower defaults, a credit default swap, written CDS in the Scorecard. Its price, in basis points a year, is the market’s reading of the borrower’s risk. Chapter 12.
From The AI Compute Race. Read the book
Where the book uses it
- Chapter 12 — Cross-Examination
The book’s own thesis put on trial: five claims, each scored against the record and given a dated test that could prove it wrong.
Where the record uses it
- Scorecard indicator Oracle 5-year credit default swap (CDS, credit protection)
Related terms
From the glossary of The AI Compute Race.
How to cite this page
Dryburgh, Lee S. “Credit protection.” In The AI Compute Race. DRYBURGH. https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/credit-protection (accessed 2026-11-01).
BibTeX
@misc{dryburgh-credit-protection-2026,
author = {Dryburgh, Lee S.},
title = {{Credit protection}},
howpublished = {In \emph{The AI Compute Race}, DRYBURGH},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/credit-protection},
note = {Accessed 2026-11-01}
}