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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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Detroit fiscal emergencymore

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder will officially declare a financial emergency for Detroit on Friday, paving the way for a...

Overdraft - Documentary on US Debtmore

This documentary reviews the US federal budget records, the seemingly insurmountable debt load that has piled up, how...

Fixed Income Investmentsmore

Fixed Income Investments, or fixed interest, are investments in the debt obligations of businesses and institutions.

Bond Funds vs. Individual Bondsmore

The advantages and disadvantages of buying individual bonds vs. bond mutual funds and Bond ETFs. Are Bond Funds or...

Spain Has Successful Bond Sale After Tough Weekmore

Spain Has Successful Bond Sale After Tough Week | FinanceNewsDay.Com - Spain raised ?2.1 billion ($2.62 billion)...

Should Investors Sell California's Municipal Bonds?more

The CA Governor surprised the market with an estimated budget deficit of $16 Billion. Should investors sell California...

Treasuries Update: 10- and 20-year Yields at Historic Closing Lowsmore

The Fed's latest strategy for managing the economy,Operation Twist, has a month to go. The program was announced on...

Muni Market Update - Opportunities Among New Issuesmore

Market update along with steps that individual investors can take to find and capitalize on the myriad municipal bond...

New Municipal Bond Offeringsmore

Looking to participate in a new municipal bond offerings? Here is a list of new issues which can be accessed by...

The Professional Edge in Municipal Bond Tradingmore

Is it possible for an individual investor to replicate what professional bond managers do when buying individual...

Interview: How a Professional Finds Value in Distressed Municipal Debtmore

Interview with a distressed municipal debt trader who gave me some great insights into how he finds value in distressed...

U.S. Bond Yield Rise Continuesmore

Monday saw the markets for pretty much all of the U.S. treasury debt instruments rise after a massive gap higher last...

Fed Policy, U.S. Bond Market, Economic Outlookmore

Ira Jersey, an interest-rate strategist at Credit Suisse Group AG, and Leo Hindery, managing director at InterMedia...

Ten Trillion and Countingmore

The US has a significant fiscal deficit and sovereign debt problem, this documentary simply lays out the issues and...

Jefferson County Bankruptcy Should Be Dismissed, BNY Mellon, Creditors...more

Alabama’s Jefferson County issued warrants not bonds, creditors want case to be dismissed.

Volatile Bond Trading Sees Market Whipsaw, Oil nears $100more

During London trading hours bond prices were pushing higher towards resistance at 143 on widening credit spreads...

Shanghai Cuts Rates in Nation’s First Muni Bondsmore

Shanghai may cut its borrowing costs by almost two percentage points as China allows local governments to sell bonds...

Fresno’s Debt Downgraded Three Levels by Moody’smore

Fresno, California’s fifth-most- populous city, had $477 million of debt downgraded from Aa2 to A2 by Moody’s.

Super-Downgraded Bonds Defying Default Attract Wells Capitalmore

Wells Capital Management is among investors buying bonds of localities whose credit ratings have been cut more than two...

Bonn’s Prostitute Taxmore

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S&P Drags Cities Into the Brave New Worldmore

By Mark Bergen – Shortly after Standard & Poor’s knocked down the national credit ratings, news arrived that the...

U.S. Debt Downgraded, Now What?more

Investing - What Happened to the Muni Bond Blowupmore

Turn the clock back to late 2010, and all the talk in the investment community was about potential Armageddon in the...

China and Europe’s Debtmore

As China announces its readiness to buy up Eurobonds to help Eurozone countries, what are the motivations for this...

DoNotBuyMarylandBonds.com Launched by Investor Advocatemore

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Investor advocate and public finance watchdog Kevin Olson has launched...

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Municipal Bond Research Analyst Lord Abbett | Jersey City, NJ
Posted: Mar 27
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Posted: Mar 26
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