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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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A review of 2008 and what happened in munis as firms failed and monoline insurers were downgraded.
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The moribund credit markets are making it difficult to pay for capital projects such as road work, because credit is...
Highways, schools and the airport are just some of the things made possible by municipal bonds. With Nevada's...
While regulators were sprinting to save the financial system last month, someone was making a lot of money — by betting...
Faced with paying higher interest rates on bonds that help finance hospital projects and refinance costly older bond...
The U.S. credit crisis, aggravated by the collapse of major Wall Street financial institutions, is also taking its toll...
Cities, states and other local governments have been effectively shut out of the bond markets for the last two weeks,...
Article cites John Waldron, a Pittsburgh financial planner, saying he likes municipal bonds for safety and high-yield...
Site explains the risks and details the various types of municipal bonds on the market (revenue bonds, general...
Publications tracks the ins and outs of the muni market.
Explores the debate over changing the rating structure of muni debt, relative to corporate debt, to reflect its low...
Basic primer on operations and history of the municipa bond market.
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