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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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Muni bond fund weekly outflows fall under $100mmore

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Mitsubishi UFJ Enters U.S. Muni-Bond Market With Focus on Westmore

said Huston, whose parent company owns 22.4 percent of investment-bank Morgan Stanley. The firm���s expansion into...

Defensive positions favor bonds for inflows: Lippermore

Barclays Capital Global Aggregate bond index see-sawed over the course of the reporting period and finished modestly...

Got taxes? It's time to let local California communities raise revenue...more

set at the state, with cities allowed to deviate by only 2 percentage points from the state baseline. Municipal bonds,...

While Muni Fund Investors Flee, Others Pouncemore

fiscal crisis in states and cities is a buying opportunity for John Hirsch. He's been snapping up municipal bonds since...

Finra: Show Them the Munimore

bristled at the request, and some have gone as far as to say that they may stop trading municipal bonds for individual...

Are Savings Bonds Suddenly Exciting? (The Tax Guy)more

Bonds Are Inflation-Protected and Tax Favored More From The Tax Guy How Long Will the Tax Break on Municipal Bonds...

Treasurys pulled lower by auctionmore

lowest since October and below the recent average of 40%. Barron's Clare McKeen discusses the Roundtable on Municipal...

Australian dollar slips vs. greenback on jobs datamore

Simon Smith and Michael Derks at FxPro in a note. Barron's Clare McKeen discusses the Roundtable on Municipal Bonds...

Investors continue adding cash to stock fundsmore

municipal bond funds, which buy the debt of state and local governments. Investors have been pulling out of muni bonds...

Picking Munis in a Stormy Marketmore

Barron's Clare McKeen discusses the Roundtable on Municipal Bonds with Editor in Chief, Randall Forsyth.

Growing Impact of 'Mini Muni' Bondsmore

Oppenheimer Rochester Municipals fund seemed like an obvious choice. The fund, as its name implies, is filled with...

Are Savings Bonds Suddenly Exciting?more

advantages. Here's what to consider. More From The Tax Guy How Long Will the Tax Break on Municipal Bonds Last? How to...

US House panel calls DC mayor to testify about budget plan, move anger...more

Thursday, along with Jim Dinegar, CEO of the D.C. Board of Trade; Matt Fabian, a consultant on municipal bonds; and...

Skype Deal Is Unlikely to Pay Off for Microsoftmore

Meredith Whitney, a financial analyst, last year made a controversial call that hundreds of billions of dollars of...

PIMCO Raises Bet Against US Debt In Aprilmore

The fund���s emerging markets exposure increased to 11% of the portfolio, up from 10% in March, while municipal bonds...

A compendium of Goldman's legal woesmore

the mortgage realm, Goldman is being investigated for its dealings with the government of Greece, its handling of...

Analyst's $125,000 Muni Warning Yields Backlashmore

thus bolstered prices, but that support has disappeared. Finally, insurance companies that once covered nearly 60% of...

Should You Insure Your Muni Bonds? One firm is pitching protection to ...more

This month, bond insurer Assured Guaranty Municipal began offering insurance policies on about 5,000 new and existing...

Muni-Tax Break Under Siege; A Senate Bill Seeks to Bar Municipal Borro...more

program that expired Dec. 31. Advocates of changing the current exemption face high hurdles. The tax break on municipal...

Bond Funds to Avoid as Rates Rise; Rising rates hurt bonds, but some w...more

what's called "duration), according to Morningstar. That's because muni fund managers often invest heavily in...

Markets Hub: 'Mini-Munis' a Growing Riskmore

Over the past year, what has historically been one of the safest investments in America, municipal bonds, hasn't felt...

The Growing Impact of "Mini Muni" Bondsmore

Oppenheimer Rochester Municipals fund seemed like an obvious choice. The fund, as its name implies, is filled with...

Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation Successfully Deploys IAM S...more

ID Password Manager (HIPM). DTCC, through its subsidiaries, provides clearing, settlement and information services for...

Morgan Stanley Settles U.S. Bank Suit; Other Legal Issues...more

firm MBIA Inc. The short-term move, part of an overall hedging strategy tied to Morgan's ownership of municipal bonds...

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