Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

Bond insurers can easily handle the fallout from exposure in subprime Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS), a new report by Moody’s said. An earlier...

Standard & Poor’s, which has long been a critic of General Motors, is impressed with the automaker’s labor accord and may boost its credit rating. S&P...

Tax-free bonds that help municipalities control their long-term natural gas costs are gaining popularity among investors for their strong protections and high...

Individual investors liked what they saw in the municipal bond market in the second quarter, increasing their holdings of individual bonds to almost $918...

The House Ways and Means Committee began hearings on reforming the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). Although the committee chairman said he’s looking for a...

The class-action lawsuit accusing Philip Morris USA, Inc. of fraud in its marketing of “light” cigarettes has finally been dismissed, ending a lengthy legal...

Municipal bonds enjoy support among presidential candidates from both sides of the aisle. Republicans Rudy Giuliani and John McCain, along with Democrats John...

What a difference a few weeks make! Only a short time ago, volatility was largely absent from the financial markets. Stocks seemed to be reaching new highs...

Every other state in the nation has lined up behind Kentucky’s effort to maintain its ability to tax residents’ income from out-of-state bonds while exempting...

Moody’s Investor’s Service has raised New York City’s general obligation bond rating to “Aa3,” joining Standard & Poor’s and Fitch, which also rate the...