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- Bond insurer business booming.(News)
- Byline: JUDY GREENWALD Financial guarantee insurers are happily floating in the wake of what is turning out to be the biggest year yet for municipal bond issuance. And not only is municipal bond issuance up, but the percentage of insured bonds...
- Research articles 2002-12-23
- Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. Releases Fund Statistics
- NEW YORK -- The following information for Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (NYSE: DSM) is as of December 31, 2007 except as otherwise noted, and is subject to change at any time. All percentages are based on total net assets except as otherwise noted.
- Research articles 2008-01-25
- Robert Germano Joins Prudential Municipal Bond Portfolio Team
- Business Editors
- Research articles 2002-03-27
- Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund Declares Dividend
- Business Editors
- Research articles 2000-06-29
- Fidelity Investments Reopens Municipal Bond and International Equity Funds
- Business Editors
- Research articles 2001-09-14
- Top 25 tax-exempt bond funds ranked by performance.
- Top 25 tax-exempt bond funds ranked by performance Fund name Fund family ...
- Research articles 2001-12-17
- Changes afoot in coverage for muni bonds.(Statistical Data Included)
- Municipalities that buy long-term municipal bond insurance are probably paying more for coverage these days. Led by Armonk, N.Y.-based MBIA Inc., the largest monoline financial guarantee insurer, insurers of long-term municipal bonds have raised r Municipalities that buy long-term municipal bond insurance are...
- Research articles 2000-01-31
- Investment banks wake up to once-sleepy muni bonds; Wall St. embraces public finance as rising tide of issues hits the market.(Bear Stearns and Company Inc.)(Statistical Data Included)
- By late summer, bear Stearns' Dan Keating was energized. The senior managing director's public finance group was already well on its way to its best performance in years. And that was even before Bear Stearns & Co. led 17 other Wall Street firms By late...
- Research articles 2001-10-15
- New NYC agency offers tantalizing underwriter slots; finance and authority's muni bond promise lures firms; could pay off for Goldman. (Goldman Sachs & Co.)
- With the state Legislature close to approving a new city financing authority, Wall Street investment banks have begun jockeying for bond underwriting assignments. Creating the new agency - to be named the New York City Finance Authority - would allow With the state Legislature close to...
- Research articles 1997-01-13
- Nuveen & Charles Schwab Join to Offer Honolulu Municipal Bonds to Individual Investors; Placement Declared a Success
- IRVINE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 24, 1996--John Nuveen & Co. (NYSE:JNC) announced today the successful completion of a $100 million municipal bond issue for the City of Honolulu with Smith Barney as lead manager of the offering.
- Research articles 1996-09-24
- Allstate buys N.M. bond to bolster homeowners. (Allstate Insurance Co.; New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority bond)
- Allstate Ins. Co. has purchased a $5 million mortgage revenue bond from the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority as part of its continuing commitment to investment in neighborhood revitalization through municipal bonds, the carrier announced last weekAllstate Ins. Co. has purchased a $5 million mortgage revenue bond...
- Research articles 1995-12-04
- Has The Time Passed For Municipal Bond Funds?
- The question this article tries to address is do municipal bond funds still have a place in today's portfolios? After closely examining yield and bond fund expenses, along with other factors such as diversification, it is concluded that many investors would do better with individual issues. A well-run bond fund...
- White papers 2000-08-01
- How To Shop For Bonds : Pricing Munis On The Internet
- The focus of the article is how to use the Internet to obtain pricing information when shopping for municipal bonds. Buying municipal bonds is a little like buying a car—an informed buyer shops around, and is ready to do some comparison-shopping. Probably no aspect of investing in municipal bonds is...
- White papers 2003-04-01
- What You Need To Know About Investing In Municipal Bonds
- Municipal bonds are the only sector of the bond market where the primary buyers are individual investors. The chief attraction of munis municipal bonds is that they are exempt from federal taxes. If a person is a resident of the state issuing the bonds, they are also exempt from state...
- White papers 2002-10-01
- Putting Together A Portfolio Of Municipal Bond Investments
- This is one of the articles in a series of three dealing with municipal bonds. It highlights some of the choices one need to make when investing in municipal bonds such as how to determine which maturities best fit financial objectives, comparing premium bonds, discount bonds, and zero-coupon bonds; and...
- White papers 2003-02-01
- Muni Bond Update: Improved Finances Drive Strong Quarter
- This report reviews and provides in-depth update on the municipal bond market performance during the second quarter of 2005. Money-market rates rose as the Federal Reserve raised official short-term rates twice during the quarter, but most bond yields fell, with long-term rates declining the most. Issuers took advantage of declining...
- White papers 2005-08-01
- Which Bond Is Better?
- This calculator compares rates of return, before and after taxes, for two bond investments. User can select a Treasury security, corporate bond or municipal bond. Treasury securities are exempt from state income taxes. Municipal bonds are exempt from federal income taxes. In some cases, muni bonds are also exempt from...
- Tools & templates 2008-01-01
- Are California State Muni Bonds Secure?
- Currently, California's General Obligation Unlimited Tax (GO/UTX) bonds carry an A+ bond rating from Standard & Poor's, A1 from Moody's and A+ from Fitch. All have been under review for potential downgrades but are still strong investment-grade ratings. Historically, defaults on municipal bonds - particularly those issued by state and...
- White papers 2008-12-30
- MBIA Spins Off Muni Business: Any Impact For Bond Investors?
- One of the major stories of 2008 in the muni bond world was the demise of the monoline bond insurers, including the rating downgrades of most of the major players, including AMBAC, FGIC and MBIA. All carried AAA bond ratings, but had their ratings downgraded due to exposure to mortgage-backed...
- White papers 2009-02-24
- Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Our first question comes from Jeff Fenwick of Cormark Securities. Prem Watsa Good morning Jeff. Jeff Fenwick - Cormark Securities Good morning. I just wanted to ask you about your P&C operations, as you stated you try to be more conservative in the way that...
- Earnings calls 2009-08-01
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