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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.

Municipal Bonds is part of Business Exchange, suggested by Suzanne Woolley. This topic contains 1,366 news and 3,228 blog items. Read updated news, blogs, and resources about Municipal Bonds. Find user-submitted articles and reactions on Municipal Bonds from like-minded professionals.

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Municipal Bonds - Detailed Introduction To Tax Free Bondsmore

What are the tax advantages of municipal bonds? How do they perform? Are municipal bonds safe? Where to buy? Get...

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Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Jefferson County, Alabama, sued JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the former president of the county...

Mexico Development Websitemore

2008 How the Municipal Market Changedmore

A review of 2008 and what happened in munis as firms failed and monoline insurers were downgraded.

National Institute on Retirement - Pensionomics: Measuring the Economi...more

Report on the economic impact of public pensions

PIMCO - IO Feb 2009 Gross Beep Beepmore

The current financial and economic crisis is difficult to appreciate, not only for the drop in elevation, but because...

Ten Things Your Broker Won't Tell You About Bondsmore

SmartMoney's guide

Cities See Lower Interest Rates on Municipal Bondsmore

But an unexpected consequence of the subprime-mortgage meltdown is that many Tarrant County cities and public agencies...

Market Turmoil Hits Munismore

Bond Buyer Special Report

Local Governments Feeling National Fiscal Crunchmore

The moribund credit markets are making it difficult to pay for capital projects such as road work, because credit is...

Investors Question Bond Market Stabilitymore

Highways, schools and the airport are just some of the things made possible by municipal bonds. With Nevada's...

Short Selling on States Can Pay Offmore

While regulators were sprinting to save the financial system last month, someone was making a lot of money — by betting...

Costlier Credit May Delay Hospital Construction Projectsmore

Faced with paying higher interest rates on bonds that help finance hospital projects and refinance costly older bond...

Muncipal Bond Issuance Forecasted to Fall 25% to 30% in 2009more

The U.S. credit crisis, aggravated by the collapse of major Wall Street financial institutions, is also taking its toll...

Under Strain, Cities Are Cutting Back Projectsmore

Cities, states and other local governments have been effectively shut out of the bond markets for the last two weeks,...

Study Your Portfolio to See if it is Time To Tweakmore

Article cites John Waldron, a Pittsburgh financial planner, saying he likes municipal bonds for safety and high-yield...

Fidelity's basics of muni bond investing more

Site explains the risks and details the various types of municipal bonds on the market (revenue bonds, general...

The Bond Buyermore

Publications tracks the ins and outs of the muni market.

Muni Bond Ratings and the Move to Restructure the Rating Scalemore

Explores the debate over changing the rating structure of muni debt, relative to corporate debt, to reflect its low...

Wikipedia: Municipal bond marketmore

Basic primer on operations and history of the municipa bond market.

Top Sources: Municipal Bonds

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  • smartmoney.com
  • bloomberg.com
  • star-telegram.com
  • Wikipedia
  • nirsonline.org
  • allheadlinenews.com
  • personal.fidelity.com
  • lasvegasnow.com

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