Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

Last month, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan sent the Treasury bond market into a tailspin by making a subtle semantical adjustment in the wording of the Fed's...

Holders of California bonds are resting a little easier now that voters in that state have approved two ballot propositions designed to begin the road to...

When we formed FMSbonds, Inc. 26 years ago, we knew we’d need well-trained bond specialists, an investor-oriented trading department and a top municipal...

Despite California's widely documented fiscal woes, bondholders can expect to receive their principal and interest payments on time. Gov. Arnold...

Last week, the Fed's Open Market Committee said that inflation should remain subdued for the foreseeable future and that it would maintain its current...

Good news for Florida muni bond investors: Significant changes in the Florida Intangible Personal Property Tax regulations for 2004 increase the exemptions...

Holders of tobacco settlement bonds were rewarded with good news on two fronts this week by R.J. Reynolds - one business related and one legal. Business wise,...

Can you time the market? Does it make sense to try? More than two years ago, we launched a series of articles that examined those questions. We put to the...

During the devastating stock market meltdown of the early '00s, the financial media was quick to point out (albeit after the fact) that much of the pain could...

Striking another blow to class-action suits against tobacco companies, the Illinois Supreme Court reinstated the reduced bonding amount of $6.8 billion...