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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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which it buys from local banks." It could guarantee "entrepreneurial startups and student loans, the purchase...
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing is struggling to save his city from fiscal calamity. Unemployment is at a record 28 percent and...
job security. Reaching for a better yield on their money, many savers are turning to government, corporate or municipal...
of the corridor because of continued problems in the bond markets. The port had wanted to to issue municipal bonds to...
is rated Aa3, the lower end of a Moody's category that indicates very strong creditworthiness for long-term municipal...
view Share Analysis California isn't the only state in a financial crisis bad enough to make its municipal bonds bad...
loans and two new bond types created by the federal stimulus law this year, as well as standard municipal bonds, to...
a year and a half to get,' he told reporters at a news conference. Auction-rate securities usually are municipal bonds,...
U.S. Consumer debt, including student loans, auto debt and credit card debt, a $2.5 trillion market. Municipal debt...
Bermuda, while retaining its outstanding investment contracts. FSA, based in New York, was the biggest insurer of US...
has been far from sedate. Some funds suffered huge losses, and virtually all of the companies that insured municipal...
separate agreement with the North American Securities Administrators Assn. Auction-rate securities are investments...
exports,” he said. “As goes China, as goes the United States, so goes Japan.” The firm also prefers municipal bonds...
sudden maybe you don't present such a matter of systemic risk. If you start investing in certain municipal bonds, now...
risks as the economy remains wobbly that he is not investing in either high-yield corporate bonds or high-yield...
and future monitoring expenses incurred by Brown's office. Auction-rate securities are investments generally backed by...
said. He said the angriest person he dealt with before was someone who wanted a better rate on municipal bonds.
to serve as Financial Advisor. Most recently, Browne served in the same position at Morgan Keegan specializing in...
He said the angriest person he dealt with before was someone who wanted a better rate on their municipal bonds.
Capital International. Market Strategies includes funds focused on mortgages and corporate credit, emerging markets,...
Capital International. Market Strategies includes funds focused on mortgages and corporate credit, emerging markets,...
come to be called, crossed the $50 billion mark. 'People originally said it would eliminate the issuance of municipal...
product is designed to mirror the BofA Merrill Lynch Build America Bond Index, which tracks performance of taxable...
exports,” he said. “As goes China, as goes the United States, so goes Japan.” The firm also prefers municipal bonds...
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