The highly anticipated General Motors Initial Public Offering opened for trading this week amid fanfare and hoopla worthy of a royal coronation. GM executives...
GM Bondholders: A View From the Back Seat
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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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Ambac’s Woes and What They Mean to Muni Investors
Although not unexpected, the announcement by Ambac that it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy was yet another somber reminder of the demise of a once-proud...
Dow’s Recent Rise Obscures the Real News
The financial talking heads were atwitter this week as the Dow Jones Industrials climbed above 11,000. While we shared in this welcome news, we are also...
State Helps Harrisburg Make G.O. Debt Payments
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell announced that the state will provide $4.4 million in expedited state funds and grants to enable cash-strapped Harrisburg to...
Why CDDs?
Ten years ago, about 8,000 residents lived in The Villages, an active adult retirement community an hour north of Orlando. Attracted by its virtually...
CDDs: Separating Fact From Fiction
The Orlando Sentinel recently published a few articles on Community Development Districts (CDDs) and financial challenges facing some of them. These articles,...
Bond Laddering: An Idea Whose Time Still Hasn’t Come
Are you afraid of owning long-term bonds? That's what we're hearing from some investors, who are encouraged by their brokers and financial planners to...
Moody’s:State-Issued Debt to be Paid on Time
Despite a tough economy, debt service for state-issued bonds will be paid on time in the next fiscal year, according to a new report by Moody’s Investors...
Forecast Cloudy for Interest Rate Predictions
In our recent commentary, "Avoid Headline Hysteria", we discussed the financial “gurus” who gaze into their consistently cloudy crystal balls and continue to...
Working Out The Bugs in BABs
By all accounts, the new taxable municipal bond program known as “Build America Bonds” (BABs) has been an enormous success. However, as with any new program,...
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