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- This tutorial articulates about Municipal bond. Municipal bonds, sometimes referred to as "munis", are debt securities issued by a state, municipality or county, to finance its capital expenditures. Such expenditures might include the construction of highways, bridges or schools. Munis are bought for their favorable tax implications and are popular...
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- Buffett: Why Insure Munis When You Can Buy Them Instead?
- Felix Salmon submits: My fabulous new colleague Agnes Crane notes something interesting: even as he cools on the idea of selling municipal bond insurance, Warren Buffett (BRK.A) has been loading up on municipal bonds. Why would Buffett want to take municipal credit risk in the bond market, but not...
- External links 2009-06-09
- Munis munificent, general equities iniquitous. (Closed-end Funds).
- Munis munificent, general equities iniquitous JUNK BOND PREMIUM Fund Premium...
- Research articles 2002-09-02
- City of Hillsboro, Oregon, Purchases MUNIS Enterprise Resource Planning Software from Tyler Technologies
- DALLAS -- Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) announced today that it has reached an agreement with the City of Hillsboro, Oregon, to provide Tyler's MUNIS financial management software. The approximately $1 million contract includes a full suite of MUNIS financial applications, in addition to human resources, revenues and integrated solutions....
- Research articles 2007-10-04
- 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
- Eaton Vance Corp. F4Q07 (Qtr End 10/31/07) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. We will now be conducting the question and answer session. Operator instructions Okay, thank you, our first question comes from the line of Ken Worthington, with JP Morgan. Please proceed with your question. Ken Worthington – JP Morgan Hi, thank you for...
- Earnings calls 2007-11-20
- Municipal Bonds: When "Tax-Free" Isn't So Free
- 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...
- White papers 2006-01-11
- Best Buys on Bonds
- Despite the nascent stock-market rally, the once-stodgy bond market remains the hot new thing for wary investors. Corporate and municipal bonds offer some temptingly high yields. Treasuries promise a safe haven. But the market is riddled with risks. Learn how to avoid them... Although stocks have bounced back in recent...
- Articles 2009-03-17
- Lessons from Your '08 Return
- Your 2008 taxes are done. Congrats! But you're not done yet. This is the perfect time to look for ways to lower your 2009 taxes, while you have all your records and forms handy. The sooner you get started, the more you'll save. ...
- Articles 2009-04-03
- Weighing the Tax Benefits of Municipal Securities
- The primary advantages attracting an investor to Treasury bills or money market mutual funds are their liquidity and safety. But there is another significant benefit offered by particular money market instruments known as "munis," or short-term municipal securities: federal tax savings, which are particularly beneficial to those who fall within...
- White papers 2004-07-28
- Nuveen Investments, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator instructions Your first question comes from [Sindar Adarjan] – Deutsche Bank. [Sindar Adarjan] – Deutsche Bank Starting off on the mutual fund side you talked about your performance being impacted by one of the municipal high yield fund where you kind of...
- Earnings calls 2008-05-15
- Harleysville Group Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from Mr. Bob Glasspiegel of Langen McAlenney. Your line is open. Bob Glasspiegel - Langen McAlenney Please pass on to Art best wishes for him to get back quickly so we can give him heck again on these conference...
- Earnings calls 2008-03-26
- PRB Provides Tax-Free Income and Treasury Backing in Single ETF
- Ron Rowland submits: Have you considered investing in pre-refunded munis? If you are asking yourself what the heck is a pre-refunded muni, then you are not alone. Although “pre-res” have been around for years, their availability has generally been limited to institutional investors. Now they are accessible...
- External links 2009-02-04
- Market Vectors Launches High-Yield Muni ETF: First of Its Kind
- Ron Rowland submits: The Market Vectors High-Yield Municipal Index ETF HYD began trading Thursday. This marks the second time this week that Van Eck Global provided access to an asset class previously unavailable to ETF investors. On Tuesday, they introduced Market Vectors Pre-Refunded Municipal Index Fund PRB. ...
- External links 2009-02-06
- 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
- Municipal Bonds Rally
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Municipal bonds have made a huge comeback since they tanked in late 2008. After falling to $88, the national municipal bond ETF MUB just recently hit an all-time high of $104.3. The trading in munis runs counter to the concerns people...
- External links 2009-09-16
- 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
- Supremes to weigh in on munis: ruling would cover state bans on government-owned telecom business. (Policy).(the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on whether states can prevent municipalities from entering the telecommunciations industry)
- The U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether states can prevent municipalities from moving into telecommunications businesses. Petitioners, including Theodore Olson of the Solicitor General's office at the Department of Justice, representing The U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether...
- Research articles 2003-06-30
- Westchester munis, TCI quarrel as deadline nears. (Westchester County municipalities; Telecommunications Inc.)
- In the Westchester County, N.Y., towns and villages served by Tele-Communications Inc., the operator is just three weeks away from the expiration of its 20 franchises, yet not even informal refranchising talks have begun. Instead, several of the In the Westchester...
- Research articles 1993-12-13
- GM and Ford Downgrades a Drag on Munis
- Standard & Poor's downgrade of General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. on May 5 pushed 37 municipal-bond issues totaling $753 million into junk status, according to a spokeswoman at the rating agency. Because the affected bonds are backed by revenue from Standard & Poor's downgrade of General Motors Corp....
- Research articles 2005-06-01
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