Bond Traders Are Already Betting on Argentina’s Next Default

  • Bonds to trade at about 12% after debt restructuring finished
  • The market’s message: Argentina overpaid creditors in the deal

Economy Minister Martin Guzman

Photographer: Erica Canepa/Bloomberg
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In the next few weeks, if all goes as scripted, Argentine officials will put the finishing touches on a bond restructuring deal and bring an end to the ninth default in the country’s history.

Bond traders are already bracing for the 10th.