Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

Municipal bonds backed by the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement between the major tobacco companies and 46 states have long been a favored holding of...

The Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold the federal health care law could have a number of benefits for the nonprofit health care sector. Although...

The decision by Stockton, California to file for bankruptcy under Chapter 9 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code is not expected to affect most of the city’s...

Although municipal bonds have been in rally mode along with other fixed income investments, some high profile market participants think there may be plenty...

You’d expect the sidelines to be crowded now with investors still holding back, waiting for municipal bond yields to turn higher before committing investable...

If you ever wondered why municipal bankruptcies are so rare, you needn’t look further than Jefferson County, Alabama. Fallout from the county’s bankruptcy...

The “Amazin’s.” For those not old enough to remember, this was the title bestowed upon the original New York Mets baseball team by its first manager, the...

Lower interest rates are generally seen as a boon to municipal bond issuers and a bane to investors. But for holders of individual munis, the current...

How rare are defaults in the municipal bond market? During the most recent period, 2010-2011, there were only 11 defaults out of the 17,700 bond issues...

A number of financial Web sites are posting excerpts from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney’s Global Investment Committee Report for February. The municipal bond...