Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

They're back. In January of this year, a consensus of economists and financial pundits were issuing dire warnings of the imminent, inflation-induced,...

As promised, the Securities & Exchange Commission is initiating a comprehensive analysis of the municipal bond market. The SEC says it will conduct field...

With credit-rating agencies under fire for their role in the global financial meltdown, can investors trust their ratings of municipal bonds? We've been asked...

PBS 'Nightly Business Report' talks to Klotz on bonds.

Fitch Ratings has followed Moody's and will change the way it rates municipal bonds. As a result, thousands of munis are expected to receive a bump up in...

Moody’s Investors Service said it will change the way it rates state and local bonds to bring it in line with the way it assesses comparable corporate...

If you see something big and round hanging over our nation's capital, it's likely you've spotted the trial balloon being floated by two senators who, in their...

The outlook on health care providers is likely to stabilize through the rest of the year, reversing the downward trend in 2009, according to Standard &...

Have you seen all the television ads extolling the virtues of retirement planning? "Plan now," an authoritative voice intones, "let us help you." Indeed, as...

We often hear from investors who fear the worst from California's budget woes. Though we share many of their concerns, we continue to believe that California...