Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

Bond insurers have been in the news lately as their forays in the subprime quagmire have come to light. Naturally, this has caught the attention of muni...

Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical over a couple’s claim that Kentucky violates the Constitution by taxing out-of-state bonds while exempting interest...

A proposal to relieve more than 20 million Americans of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) for 2007 will be introduced next week as part of a package to...

The doom and gloom picture state officials paint in their arguments against forcing states to treat in-state and out-of-state muni bond the same way are...

Are you subject to the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)? If not, there are exceptional opportunities available right now. The number of taxpayers subject to the...

Fitch Ratings likes what it sees in tobacco bonds. The ratings agency put all of the tobacco bonds it rates on “ratings watch positive,” indicating that it’s...

Bond insurers can easily handle the fallout from exposure in subprime Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS), a new report by Moody’s said. An earlier...

Standard & Poor’s, which has long been a critic of General Motors, is impressed with the automaker’s labor accord and may boost its credit rating. S&P...

Individual investors liked what they saw in the municipal bond market in the second quarter, increasing their holdings of individual bonds to almost $918...

Tax-free bonds that help municipalities control their long-term natural gas costs are gaining popularity among investors for their strong protections and high...