As an alternative to short selling, you can buy a credit default swap, which is a form of insurance on debt-not necessarily your own debt.

作为卖空交易的替代选择，你还可以购买信贷违约掉期。这是债务保险的一种形式，担保的未必是你自己的债务。

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Our time is running out before this gridlock, this refusal by the other side to move even an inch toward compromise becomes a decision to default on our debt.

我们的时间就快没了，在这种僵局、在这一提案被另一方否决后我们向妥协方案迈进一英寸之前，债务违约或将成为现实。

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With Greek bond yields off the chart, the lack of investor confidence in the ability of Greece to avoid a default on its debt and remain in the euro zone weighed on market sentiment.

随着希腊公债利息飙升，投资者对希腊免于债务违约及留在欧元区的能力缺乏信心，这种信心缺乏对市场情绪产生了重大压力。

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The only real solution for insolvent Europe is to explicitly default on the debt to a level that brings PIIGS countries to a debt to GDP ratio below 60%.

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The Senate and House are expected to vote today on a throw together strategy to avoid a default on the debt ceiling ( more on what the debt ceiling is here).

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Equities and commodity markets in general are down sharply as investors worry that new elections may be held next month if no coalition Greek government is formed and that the Mediterranean country could be coming closer to a default on its debt obligations.

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