Today, Investor a Buys Protection on a First-To-Default Basket, While

Today, investor A buys protection on a first-to-default basket, while investor B buys protection via Credit Default Swaps on each individual name in that basket. All contracts have the same maturity. Suppose that at maturity, it turns out that only one name out of the basket has defaulted then,

A) Investor As strategy has been at least as profitable as that of investor B
B) Investor Bs strategy has been at least as profitable as that of investor A
C) Both strategies have been equally profitable
D) The answer depends on the spread of the defaulted name

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