Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

There was a time not long ago that the municipal bond market was all but ignored by the media. We used to lament the lack of attention given to a critical...

Fear mongers have grabbed most of the headlines, but as we point out in our latest message in The Wall Street Journal, the real news is being made by...

Our message in The Wall Street Journal today piqued a lot of interest. One person we didn't expect to agree with our thoughts, however, was Meredith Whitney....

The window of opportunity for municipal bond investors is garnering more attention. Prominent investors and large brokerages alike have now publicly noted a...

It's hard to miss the dramatic headlines describing municipal bond prices lately; "slide," "stampede" and "tumble" seem to be the expressions in vogue. But...

The highly anticipated General Motors Initial Public Offering opened for trading this week amid fanfare and hoopla worthy of a royal coronation. GM executives...

Although not unexpected, the announcement by Ambac that it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy was yet another somber reminder of the demise of a once-proud...

The financial talking heads were atwitter this week as the Dow Jones Industrials climbed above 11,000. While we shared in this welcome news, we are also...

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell announced that the state will provide $4.4 million in expedited state funds and grants to enable cash-strapped Harrisburg to...

The Orlando Sentinel recently published a few articles on Community Development Districts (CDDs) and financial challenges facing some of them. These articles,...