lmm comments on US default as a risk to mitigate - Less Wrong Discussion
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That's what options are for, no? Buy a bunch of put options for US treasuries. Whatever you paid for the options is "wasted", but you profit if they go down (in proportion to how much they fall by), and lose nothing more if they go up.