Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

Another bold market prediction is providing grist for the headline mill. This latest high-profile prognostication calls for “The Great Rotation” of investment...

If California’s finances seem to rise and fall like its world-famous surf, we’re approaching a swell in the Golden State. Standard & Poor’s has upgraded...

If you don’t consider yourself a speculative investor, but still hold tobacco bonds originally purchased as investment-grade securities, Moody’s recent...

There they go again – the pundits predicting a spike in long-term interest rates and suggesting income investors keep their powder dry until these higher...

Did you hear it? We’re referring to the exhale by governors, mayors and countless government finance officers. It was a collective sigh of relief that the...

Get used to hearing a new name in bond insurance: BAM. Licensed in 12 states so far, including New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Michigan, BAM (Build America...

The muni bond tax-exemption has existed since the federal income tax was established in 1913, but if anyone in Washington is forgetting just how important it...

The state of California, bedeviled by a decade of acute budget deficits – including a whopping $15.7 billion shortfall last year – is looking to make a fiscal...

While there are many question marks in the battle between Congress and the Administration over avoiding the “fiscal cliff,” one thing is certain: municipal...

Despite the estimated $50 billion economic loss in the Northeast from Hurricane Sandy, Moody’s does not expect any payment defaults on rated municipal bonds...