accountNov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. state and local governments sold $9.5 billion of bonds this week, led by California, as...
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MUNICIPAL BONDS
Municipal (muni) bonds are a popular investment, particularly for those in high tax brackets since interest income is usually exempt from state and federal income tax. Will the credit crisis will lead to a spike in defaults in this long-stable debt market? This topic stays on top of the rapid changes sweeping the market for debt issued cities or other local governments, or their agencies.
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Municipal bonds have been used by cities and municipalities across ... increasing the investor’s tax burden.
After months of being shunned by investors, municipal bonds are back. AAA-rated municipal bonds now yield just over 3%,...
There are a lot of problems in the financial markets: banks are not lending to each other and the stock market has...
get to the stock market, can I pick up on what you said, and also what you said. Municipal bonds, taxes, all those...
Moody’s Investors Service assigned a negative outlook to the creditworthiness of all local governments in the United...
CHESTNUT RIDGE, NY, Mar 30 (MARKET WIRE) -- The law firm of Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman, P.C.
High-quality municipal-bond funds have been hurt partly because of worries about the financial strength of the bond...
Mark Musolf, seen here with his wife, Jocelyn Jacobs, died in a …Wisconsin State Journal, WI - Dec 17, 2008Musolf,...
Muni bonds are offered on a tax-free basis at the Federal level and ... If you own municipal bonds or mutual funds...
LONG cast by investors in supporting roles as the steady, old reliables in their portfolios, municipal bond funds have...
Institutional investors — the biggest buyers of municipal bonds — are generally selling off the bonds they own, and...
With U.S. Treasury yields at phenomenally low levels, many traders are looking for other conservative investments...
In 2008, one of the safety nets of municipal bonds, bond insurance, has come under question.
The Municipal bond market, traditionally the safest storehouse for investors' money this side of Treasury bills, has...
Q: Are municipal bonds still safe? A: During large-scale financial panics, as we've witnessed this year, investors...
it are knocking, she said. Munis are attractive Some of the best opportunities for fixed-income investors are in...
Not much publicity about this, but Mr. Buffet's shareholder's letter clearly states the problems with insured...
Municipal bonds, or muni bonds as they’re commonly called, are issued by state, city or local governments to raise...
How to protect your portfolio and ride out the recession - MarketWatch How to protect your portfolio and ride out the...
when a wave of bankruptcies by power providers and telecom companies spooked bond markets. Investors dumped the...
an investor in the 28 percent federal tax bracket. For those in the upper tax brackets, Cohen says municipal bonds are...
the payments of a fixed-income security are known in advance.” Typically they’re things like Treasuries, corporate...
Buying muni bonds for reasons of safety at current prices exposes the investor, eventually, to price risk in the form...
Interest payments soar for U.S. cities and counties, some of which loaded up on complex derivative deals similar to...
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