Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

In response to the blizzard of e-mails and phone calls asking the question, “What’s up with my market values?” we will attempt a simple explanation of the...

American Capital Access (ACA), which saw its Standard & Poor’s rating drop from “A” to “CCC” last week, has indicated in an SEC filing that it remains in...

Bondholders received positive news when Standard & Poor’s reaffirmed Radian Asset Assurance’s “AA” financial strength rating, with a Stable Outlook. The...

Standard & Poor’s took several rating actions today affecting five of the major bond insurers. Deteriorating performance of subprime mortgage loans caused...

Bond insurers have been in the news lately as their forays in the subprime quagmire have come to light. Naturally, this has caught the attention of muni...

Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical over a couple’s claim that Kentucky violates the Constitution by taxing out-of-state bonds while exempting interest...

A proposal to relieve more than 20 million Americans of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) for 2007 will be introduced next week as part of a package to...

The doom and gloom picture state officials paint in their arguments against forcing states to treat in-state and out-of-state muni bond the same way are...

Are you subject to the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)? If not, there are exceptional opportunities available right now. The number of taxpayers subject to the...

Fitch Ratings likes what it sees in tobacco bonds. The ratings agency put all of the tobacco bonds it rates on “ratings watch positive,” indicating that it’s...