Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

As lawmakers tighten their belts, muni issuance is shrinking. For an investment, subject to the laws of supply and demand, that can mean only one thing: The...

About the time the world was supposed to end, the municipal bond market was supposed to collapse. At least those were the predictions of some self-styled...

The 2011 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) payments from participating tobacco companies were made in April, as usual. Altria, the nation’s largest cigarette...

The much-maligned state of California has finally received some good news: a $2.5 billion spike in tax-revenue. This unanticipated windfall -- an unexpected...

In the wake of dire warnings predicting the imminent collapse of the municipal bond market, it appears the market, through its own dynamics, has begun the...

Do public employee pension programs threaten state and local government solvency and bond payments? Not likely. Recently, the popular press has contained...

Who's selling the theory of municipal bond laddering and why do some investors buy it? It's a question we found ourselves asking recently when we heard from...

Amid the alarmist headlines and hysterical rants, a funny thing is happening in the municipal bond market. Prices are rising. As The Wall Street Journal...

The apocalypse in the muni bond market will have to wait. That's according to municipal bond experts who testified at a congressional hearing last week on the...

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