NEW RULES COULD HELP MUNICIPAL BOND BUYERS

The Journal Record;  July 25, 1989 ;     700+ words ...Municipal bond investors finally...Treasury bonds, municipal bond buyers have...print lists of municipal bond prices, and...million or more municipal bond issues outstanding. Municipal bond investors also...disclosure rules for municipal bonds. ...

Municipal bond funds may be boon to mid-level investors

Daily Breeze;  September 25, 2006 ;     640 words ......advisers say municipal bond funds can serve...buying individual municipal bonds, in part because...can face with municipal bond funds are often...Murphy said. Municipal bonds are priced at...holdings in municipal bonds. This is a good...to consider ...

Trustees move toward greater disclosure. (municipal bond market)(Update)

ABA Banking Journal;  July 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ......damaging the municipal bond market, many...traditional municipal bond issue. Both...their money in municipal bonds. Corporate...piece of the municipal bond information...to make the municipal bond market more...circular for municipal bonds. ...

Court upholds municipal bond tax exemptions

Charleston Gazette;  May 20, 2008 ;     499 words ......The $2.5 trillion municipal bond market skirted a...other states. In the municipal bond market, 41 states...for interest on municipal bonds from all states...possible turmoil in the municipal bond market if the existing...system of financing municipal ...

A Comprehensive Guide to Today's Municipal Bond Industry.

M2 Presswire;  March 18, 2008 ;     367 words ......Comprehensive Guide to Today's Municipal Bond Industry(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...addition of The Handbook of Municipal Bonds to their offering In The Handbook...authoring or editing four other municipal bond industry books. Frank J. Fabozzi...

Brace yourself for municipal bond calls

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 6, 1989 ;     700+ words ......in on your municipal bonds, brace yourself...involved with municipal bonds since 1948...to happen, municipal bond analysts say...third of all municipal bonds may be called...billion worth of municipal bonds were issued...availability. Municipal ...

The power of munis; Nuveen high yield municipal bond fund.(Focus:...

Crain's Chicago Business;  August 27, 2007 ;     432 words ......strategy: Investing in municipal bonds tends to be one of those...the Nuveen High Yield Municipal Bond Fund since 2000, shortly after its inception. Municipal bonds are debt instruments through...plus interest. Owning municipal bonds through a mutual fund...on real ...

Bond rating discrepancies and the effect on municipal bond yields.

Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics;  January 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ......Effect on Municipal Bond Yields Abstract...paper examines municipal bond rating discrepancies...billion of municipal bonds were outstanding...outstanding municipal bond issues over...example A1) for municipal bonds, however...ratings on municipal ...

Payback Proves Bust for Municipal Bond Investors

The Journal Record;  January 14, 1993 ;     700+ words ...Municipal bond investors may have the...billion to $11 billion of municipal bonds that were issued in...But for investors, the municipal bond refinancing boom is...Some $77 billion in municipal bonds was issued in 1982 at...number of these old municipal bonds ...

Municipal bond funds: solid tax benefits

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 25, 2005 ;     590 words ......broader audience. Municipal bonds - essentially...head of the municipal bond department at...five years, municipal bonds have been one...more broadly on municipal debt due in...analysts. Many municipal bonds are thinly traded...

Commentary: Closed-end municipal bond funds and failed auctions

Daily Record (Rochester, NY);  April 30, 2008 ;     700+ words ......a closed-end municipal bond fund will only...percent of liquid municipal bonds and are rated...leveraged closed-end municipal bond funds can invest...the fact that municipal bonds are very safe...select closed-end municipal bond funds at the...grade ...

Municipal bond issuance to increase slightly in '96

America's Community Banker;  January 1, 1996 ;     399 words ......predicts that long-term municipal bond issuance will increase...164.7 billion. Total municipal bond issuance would be $191...the largest issuance of municipal bonds in a single state, volume...as the rate of 20-year municipal bonds increased from 79 percent...demand for ...

IRS, Securities Commission Step Up Enforcement of Municipal Bond...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  January 4, 2000 ;     700+ words ......laws regulating municipal bonds. That means...laws concerning municipal bonds. The SEC, meanwhile...proceedings against municipal bond issuers, underwriters...investing in municipal bonds, said Paul Maco...has not been a municipal bond default in the...not ...

Court uphold municipal bond exemption

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  May 19, 2008 ;     366 words ......state tax exemptions for municipal bonds. In a 7-2 ruling in...In the $2.5 trillion municipal bond market, 42 states exempt...Some $432 billion in municipal bonds were issued in 2006...billion in interest on municipal bonds. Municipal bonds finance the ...

MUNICIPAL BOND INSURANCE PROTECTS INVESTOR

Post-Tribune (IN);  March 26, 1990 ;     379 words ......When I bought a municipal bond a few months...that there were municipal bonds that carried...guaranteeing the municipal bond in the event...provide. The few municipal bond insurers...Standard & Poor's. Municipal Bond Investors Assurance...