Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

Puerto Rico’s legislature ratified a series of tax measures that are expected to raise $1.2 billion in revenue and pave the way for additional financing. The...

Underrated. How else to explain how regulators and credit agencies regard municipal bonds? Take, for example, a recent report on two interesting studies by...

Why does such a simple word mean so much to so many? It’s a question we’re left asking after the Fed set the interest rate-watching cognoscenti abuzz when it...

Muni insurer Assured Guaranty Corp. has acquired Radian Asset Assurance Inc. AGC paid $804.5 million in cash for the company. Radian Asset’s capital, as of...

Seems Puerto Rico can’t catch a break from the rating agencies. In June 2014, the beleaguered commonwealth passed a law that would have enabled its public...

A House subcommittee heard testimony on a bill that would allow Puerto Rico’s government-owned corporations to restructure their debt under Chapter 9 of the...

2014 is the first year that certain new IRS cost-basis reporting rules apply to municipal bonds and other fixed-income securities. The changes to 1099 forms...

Puerto Rico officials are appealing a judge’s ruling that struck down a new law allowing the commonwealth’s public corporations to restructure their debt. The...

Where is the value in today’s municipal bond market? As long-term par bonds dip under 4.00% and Treasury yields hover near all-time lows, it’s a question we...

Almost four years ago to the day, Meredith Whitney made a breathtaking call that helped roil the muni market and destroy an enormous amount of investor value....