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• California debt binge shakes up muni bond market

  
  Money & Company — Authority: 593
  The municipal bond market’s message to California: Enough with the borrowing already! Over the last seven weeks the state has sold more than $21 billion of short- and long-term debt for budget-related reasons and to finance voter-approved infrastructure projects. That flood -- in a period when muni bond yields ...
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• California forced to boost yield on bond sale to lure buyers

  
  Money & Company — Authority: 593
  California has stumbled badly in its latest foray into the municipal bond market -- a sign investors are overloaded with the state’s debt. Borrowing $1.9 billion Tuesday via bonds that mature in June 2013, the state was forced to pay a 4% annualized tax-free yield to lure investors to the deal. Just last Friday ...
  2 days ago

• Municipal Bonds A Dangerous Investment For 2009

  
  Earn Passive Income — Authority: 143
  Many times just using logic an investor can steer away from problems. It seemed forever municipal bonds were considered one of the safest investments. One did not get rich by investing in municipal bonds however they were consistent and the default possibility was almost not a possibility. Fast forward to 2009 ...
  4 days ago

• Why Muni Bond ETFs Are Appealing Now

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 535
  After suffering through steep losses last year, municipal bonds and related exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been riding the wave of investment interest in the bonds sector.Municipal bond mutual funds increased 14.4% on average through Oct. 29 and yields have not experienced their current lows in...
  4 days ago

• Wait Listed by Jail-11

  
  Skeptical CPA — Authority: 432
  "One of the newest residents on Arizonas death row, a convicted serial killer name Dale Hausner, poked his head up from his television to look at several visitors strolling by, each of whom wore face masks and vests to protect against the sharp homemade objetcs that often are propelled from the cells of the condemned. ...
  5 days ago

• SEC smacks JPMorgan Chase with $700 million fine

  
  George S. May Business Blog — Authority: 134
  My, oh my, this is quite a large fine. I wonder though, should JPMorgan fail to pay the fine on time, will the SEC hit them with a late fee? Or what if JPMorgan can’t pay it? Another bailout?From the Huffington Post:WASHINGTON — JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to a settlement worth more than [...]
  1 week ago

• Frequent borrower California is back with another bond sale

  
  Money & Company — Authority: 593
  California, which has borrowed $16.4 billion via short- and long-term bonds since Sept. 23, this week comes back to the well once more despite the jump in market interest rates over the last month . The state plans to borrow $2.25 billion by selling long-term general obligation bonds in the next two days, mostly ...
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• The Approaching Muni Bond Implosion

  
  The Economic Populist - Speak Your Mind 2 Cents at a Time — Authority: 563
  New York Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch made a statement last week that should have gotten headlines, but didnt. “I believe that the states across the United States will face deficits a year after stimulus ends of $300 billion to $500 billion a year ,” Ravitch told about 200 people gathered at New ...
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• Californias Gestapo-2

  
  Skeptical CPA — Authority: 432
  On 19 October 2009 I received a letter from Californias State Board of Equalization (SBE). What did the SBE, which collects California sales taxes want? I read the letter which described Californias "qualified purchaser" concept and said I should register to pay California use tax on items I bought for which I paid ...
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• The Coming Collapse of the Muni Bond Market

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 644
  Listen Up Muni Bond Investors…If you’re someone who owns and invests in Muni Bonds, you need to read this report! I’ve been saying for quite some time that bond investors have enjoyed the best of times as rates have moved from historic highs back in 1980 until now, but now that interest rates have...
  1 week ago

• Investors turn out for California muni bond sale -- for a price

  
  Money & Company — Authority: 593
  California wrapped up a sale of $3.5-billion in tax-free municipal bonds on Thursday, and was able to trim yields slightly from initial expectations as investors bid aggressively for the debt. Still, taxpayers will foot significantly higher interest costs than they did on the state’s last general-obligation bond ...
  1 week ago

• Unfundable State Deficits

  
  Vie de Malchance — Authority: 502
  From Matthew Goldstein at Reuters : The U.S. municipal bond market will become a “casualty” of massive deficits the 50 states likely will chalk up once the federal stimulus program ends, New York’s lieutenant governor said on Wednesday. “I believe that these States of the United States will face ...
  2 weeks ago

• With yields up, California muni bond sale sees strong demand

  
  Money & Company — Authority: 593
  The steep rebound in California municipal bond yields since the start of the month is bringing individual investors back to the market in a big way. The state’s latest bond sale -- an offering of $3.5 billion in tax-free "economic recovery bonds" -- attracted $1.7 billion in orders from individual buyers by midday ...
  2 weeks ago

• Page Perrys Market Monitor - October 23, 2009

  
  Investment Fraud Lawyer Blog — Authority: 421
  There have been various developments over the past several weeks which investors may consider relevant in allocating their resources or evaluating alternatives that are available to them. Some of the more significant developments include, but are not limited to, the following: • The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...
  2 weeks ago

• iShares Files for a Different Kind of Muni Bond ETF

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 535
  iShares has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a line of exchange traded funds (ETF) that hold municipal bonds…but with a twist.iShares’ proposed line of new funds will hold muni bonds, and the funds themselves would target certain maturity dates.Each fund...
  2 weeks ago

• How Bond ETFs Are Overcoming Challenges

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 535
  Fixed income has been popular among the exchange traded fund (ETF) set, spurring rapid growth within this market. But is this rapid growth and popularity having consequences? As a rule of thumb, bonds and ETFs that track them invest in stocks that can be hard to trade. As investors continue to...
  3 weeks ago

• Battered muni bond market stabilizes, but test looms

  
  Money & Company — Authority: 593
  The municipal bond market has stabilized in recent days after a steep, two-week sell-off. A heavy supply of new bonds for sale nationwide this week will show whether tax-free yields have reached levels high enough to lure investors back. Cash poured into muni bonds in August and September as many investors rushed to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Rating Agency Snake Oil-2

  
  Skeptical CPA — Authority: 432
  "As scrutiny of credit-ratings firms in Washington heats up, a second official of Moodys Corp. has emerged and is expected to testify about concerns he took to regulators earlier this year. ... Mr. [Scott] McCleskey wrote to the [SEC] in March this year, chiefly to complain that Moodys doesnt adequately monitor credit ...
  3 weeks ago

• Listen to Lenin!

  
  Skeptical CPA — Authority: 432
  "State and municipal governments, stuggling with sinking revenue, are raising money by levying fees on consumers, slapping businesses with back taxes and tweaking tax laws in ways that force many businesses to pay more. That is leading to accusations--and, in some case, lawsuits--that governments are trying to rake in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Municipal Bonds: As Clumsy As it is Stupid

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 644
  Municipal bonds are getting crushed again today. 10-year MMD was cut 13bps today after being cut 11bps yesterday. That’s something like -2 points in price losses in two days. Closed-end funds are getting absolutely crushed. Traders I’ve talked to are blaming street selling. Here’s...
  4 weeks ago

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