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- 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
- Trading Activity And Price Volatility in the Municipal Bond Market
- Utilizing a comprehensive database of transactions in municipal bonds, the paper investigates the volume-volatility relationship in the municipal market. It finds a positive relationship between the number of transaction and a bond's price volatility. In contrast to previous studies, it finds a negative relationship between average deal size and price...
- White papers 2002-08-07
- Liquidity, Default, Taxes and Yields on Municipal Bonds
- This paper examines the relative yields of Treasuries and municipals using a generalized model that includes liquidity as a state factor. Using a unique transaction dataset, it is able to estimate the liquidity risk of municipals and its effect on bond yields. It is found that a substantial portion of...
- White papers 2005-07-08
- 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
- 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
- Higher Yield, Safe Returns: Best Investment Bets
- Money-market funds are now paying next to nothing. Boost your returns by moving some cash into higher-yielding but still relatively safe dividend stocks or bond funds. Here are five stocks and five funds that we like. ...
- Articles 2009-08-13
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- Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Bond Trust Today Declared a Monthly Income Dividend from Tax-Free Income
- NEW YORK -- Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Bond Trust today declared a monthly income dividend of $.05 per share from tax-free income.RECORD DATE < PAYABLE DATE 10/24/08 < 10/31/08 Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Bond Trust is a closed-end diversified management investment company investing...
- Research articles 2008-10-14
- J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc., Putnam Investments To Provide Municipal Bond Yields to TheConsensus.com Daily Benchmark
- Business Editors, Financial Writers BOSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 24, 2000 J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. and Putnam Investments are the latest firms to agree to contribute municipal bond yield data to TheConsensus.com, an Internet-based advisory service that has established a new industry-wide benchmark for municipal securities....
- Research articles 2000-02-24
- Nuveen Insured Municipal Bond Closed-End and Open-End Funds Adopt Investment Policy Changes
- CHICAGO -- Nuveen Investments, a leading provider of diversified investment services, today announced the Board of Trustees for Nuveen funds has approved changes in investment policies for all insured municipal bond closed-end and open-end funds. In some cases, these changes are subject to shareholder notice or approval. These changes are...
- Research articles 2008-03-18
- Investment Grade Municipal Income Fund Inc. — Third Quarter 1997 Commentary
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 30, 1997--Investment Grade Municipal Income Fund Inc. (NYSE:PPM) is a closed-end management investment company normally investing in a diversified portfolio of long-term, tax-exempt, investment grade municipal obligations, with common and preferred shares outstanding. Inflationary fears contributed to bond market volatility over a quarter that,...
- Research articles 1997-10-30
- Investment Grade Municipal Income Fund, Inc
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--August 1, 1996--Investment Grade Municipal Income Fund Inc. (NYSE:PPM) is a closed-end management investment company normally investing in a diversified portfolio of long-term, tax-exempt, investment grade municipal obligations and with common and preferred shares outstanding.SECOND QUARTER COMMENTARYMunicipal rates rose slightly during the quarter, while the long bond rose...
- Research articles 1996-08-01
- Memphis, Tenn., Brokerage to Buy Atlanta Municipal Bond Firm.(Originated from The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.)
- Jul. 8--Morgan Keegan Inc. agreed Monday to acquire an Atlanta investment firm specializing in municipal bonds. Terms of the Memphis-based brokerage firm's agreement to acquire Knox, Wall & Co. were not disclosed. The deal is expected...
- Research articles 1997-07-08
- Morgan Stanley Investment Management Names Steven Kreider and Neil Stone as Portfolio Managers for Morgan Stanley Investment Grade Municipal Closed-End Funds
- NEW YORK -- Morgan Stanley Investment Management today announced that Steven Kreider and Neil Stone have been added to the Portfolio Management team responsible for Morgan Stanley investment grade closed-end municipal bond funds. The team consists of portfolio managers and analysts. Current members of the team jointly and primarily responsible...
- Research articles 2007-11-13
- Inventory of Troubled Municipal Bond Funds Filed in Chicago.
- By Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 29--The court-appointed receiver for three troubled Heartland municipal bond funds has filed a preliminary inventory of assets in the funds. Phillip L. Stern, of the law firm of Freeman,...
- Research articles 2001-05-29
- St. Petersburg, Fla., Investment Banker Settles Bond Complaints.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 29 -- St. Petersburg investment banker William R. Hough and Co. has agreed to pay Charlotte County up to $1.7-million to settle complaints about two municipal bond deals the company worked on for the county. One...
- Research articles 1999-04-30
- Getting into the loop: new Chicago firm tries to defy odds in the municipal bond market
- While consolidation has virtually decimated the ranks of black-owned investment banking firms, there's a new competitor in the loop, Chicago-based Loop Capital Markets, L.L.C. And despite seeing many majority companies pull out of the market, this niche player has decided to jump into a narrow municipal bond field with plans...
- Research articles 1998-01-01
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