Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

There is no shortage of detractors when it comes to President Obama’s economic stimulus package. One portion of the plan, however, has met with unanimous...

Since early last year, the number of “AAA”-rated localities has more than doubled, according to a newly released Standard & Poor’s report. Over the last 1...

Many investors have expressed concern about the impact of declining property values across the country and the effect on the credit quality of tax-backed...

Over a year has passed since the arrival of the tsunami that rocked the financial markets to their foundation and ushered in the worst recession since the...

With thousands of municipal bonds in the market, none are more important than yours. So when the economic climate becomes difficult, investors naturally...

Standard & Poor’s overturned years of conventional wisdom and now says that sound management, a good financial position and other factors are more...

We were pleased to be invited to a compliance seminar held for various brokerage firm CEOs, hosted by Rick Ketchum, the new chairman and chief executive...

It is understandable that municipal bond investors become concerned when they read about California's budget troubles, or find their insured bonds are no...

They cut spending, increased revenues and enacted one-time budget tricks to get California’s budget back in balance, but one thing remained sacrosanct during...

If you have noticed the recent improvement of market values in your tax-free bond portfolio, you can at least partly thank Washington. Current federal...