Bondholders received positive news when Standard & Poor’s reaffirmed Radian Asset Assurance’s “AA” financial strength rating, with a Stable Outlook. The...
S&P Affirms Radians AA Rating
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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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ACA Downgrade Does Not Impair Issuers’ Ability To Pay
Standard & Poor’s took several rating actions today affecting five of the major bond insurers. Deteriorating performance of subprime mortgage loans caused...
Don’t Lose Sleep Over Bond Insurers’ Woes
Bond insurers have been in the news lately as their forays in the subprime quagmire have come to light. Naturally, this has caught the attention of muni...
Justices Seem to Lean Toward Kentucky in Davis Case
Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical over a couple’s claim that Kentucky violates the Constitution by taxing out-of-state bonds while exempting interest...
Mother of All Tax Bills Would Eliminate AMT
A proposal to relieve more than 20 million Americans of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) for 2007 will be introduced next week as part of a package to...
Plaintiffs in Davis Case: Market will be Fine if Ruling Stands
The doom and gloom picture state officials paint in their arguments against forcing states to treat in-state and out-of-state muni bond the same way are...
AMT Bonds are on Sale Investor Strategy
Are you subject to the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)? If not, there are exceptional opportunities available right now. The number of taxpayers subject to the...
Fitch Upbeat On Tobacco Bonds
Fitch Ratings likes what it sees in tobacco bonds. The ratings agency put all of the tobacco bonds it rates on “ratings watch positive,” indicating that it’s...
Moody’s Says Bond Insurers Can Withstand Subprime Risks
Bond insurers can easily handle the fallout from exposure in subprime Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS), a new report by Moody’s said. An earlier...
S&P Turns Positive on GM After Labor Accord
Standard & Poor’s, which has long been a critic of General Motors, is impressed with the automaker’s labor accord and may boost its credit rating. S&P...
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