Good news for Florida muni bond investors: Significant changes in the Florida Intangible Personal Property Tax regulations for 2004 increase the exemptions...
Muni Bonds News and Perspectives
Below are bond market commentaries, strategies and analyses written by our municipal bond specialists. They are listed by date.
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RJR Provides Positive News for Tobacco Bonds
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,...
The Long And Expensive Wait
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...
Today’s Lesson is Yesterday’s News
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...
Good news for Philip Morris
Striking another blow to class-action suits against tobacco companies, the Illinois Supreme Court reinstated the reduced bonding amount of $6.8 billion...
Putting California in its Place
Thanks to Newsweek's July 28th cover story, "California in Crisis," the Golden State's political and economic problems are no longer a secret. Since last...
Bond Expert Sees Safe Harbor in Munis
Is there a port in the bond storm? That was the question a CNBC reporter posed to Pimco's Bill Gross, known as the "bond king." In an interview last week, the...
Investors Snapping Up Bonds
Individual investors increased their municipal bond holdings by more than $21.2 billion in the first quarter of 2003, according to the Federal Reserve Board's...
Tobacco: The Unfiltered View
We recently attended the annual Tobacco Merchants Association conference and interviewed Standard & Poor's to better gauge the impact that the Master...
The Cost Of Waiting: 2nd Anniversary
Gosh, how time flies when you're waiting for higher interest rates. It's hard to believe that two years have passed since I wrote my original article...
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