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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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		<title><![CDATA[Tax Equivalent Yield Calculator]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This tax equivalent yield tool will estimate the tax-equivalent yield, or TEY, for a municipal bond. Income generated from municipal bond coupon payments are not subject to federal income tax. In addition, if the bond was issued in the state of residence, you can also avoid state income taxes. Use...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Earn Tax-Free Income With Municipal Bonds]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=924041]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nobody likes to pay taxes. That's why investors naturally are interested in earning tax-free income. Municipal bond issues are a very popular way to earn tax-free income and, if income is reinvested, achieve tax-free compounding of returns. Municipal bonds (also known as "Munis") are fixed-income investments that can provide higher...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Municipal Bonds: When "Tax-Free" Isn't So Free]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=923903]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Municipal bonds have long been an attractive investment option for tax-sensitive investors, because munis are free of federal income tax and often state tax too. Add in the fact that munis generally have relatively higher credit quality and lower price volatility than comparable taxable bonds, and munis could trump corporate...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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