Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

It happened again. The talking heads couldn't contain themselves after remarks by the Fed chairman and now, several months later, investors are paying the...

Standard & Poor’s, citing a pickup in the state’s economy and the enactment of a 2005 budget, raised California’s credit rating three notches to A from...

Vibo Corp., the biggest cigarette company remaining outside the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), has agreed to join the accord as a participating...

Fitch Ratings announced that it removed California general obligation debt from "rating watch negative" and reaffirmed its BBB rating with a "stable outlook."...

Tobacco companies that provide the lion's share of funding under the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) have seen their market share stabilize over the last...

ACA announced it has received a $120 million equity investment, strengthening its capital base considerably. The investment decision by Bear Stearns Merchant...

How important is the municipal bond market, and how much useful information does the media provide to investors? Consider this. On a daily basis, the dollar...

Lawsuits challenging the tobacco industry remain small in threat, but loom large in the public's eye. This was the prevailing view of various analysts and...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California economic recovery received a pat on the back from Moody's Investors Service, which raised the state's general...

Standard & Poor’s said it has no immediate plans to change ACA Financial Guaranty Corp.’s credit rating. “The company is starting to make money and...