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		<title><![CDATA[Higher Yield, Safe Returns: Best Investment Bets]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.              ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-13071_23-327472.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ 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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:37:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are California State Muni Bonds Secure?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=923897]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Which Bond Is Better?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=359783]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Liquidity, Default, Taxes and Yields on Municipal Bonds]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=167614]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How To Shop For Bonds : Pricing Munis On The Internet]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=73793]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putting Together A Portfolio Of Municipal Bond Investments]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=73795]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What You Need To Know About Investing In Municipal Bonds]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=73794]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trading Activity And Price Volatility in the Municipal Bond Market]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=74599]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Has The Time Passed For Municipal Bond Funds?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=73343]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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