Category: Municipal Bonds

How to Buy Municipal Bonds

If you’re considering buying a municipal bond, there are different ways to approach this process depending on your experience and preference. The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, or MSRB, has a resource…

Muni Bond Insurance is Making a Comeback and it May be Worth the Price

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a significant strain on municipal bonds. While general obligation bonds continue to be safe, revenue bonds backed by universities, senior housing, and convention centers are…

How do you check the accuracy of your reference data?

Timely, reliable, and accurate municipal bond reference data is mission-critical for many essential functions in the municipal bond fixed income investment life cycle. This includes trade execution, risk management, pre-trade…

BondView Masters the Evaluated Pricing Business for Municipal Bonds and Achieves Near-Perfect Accuracy Over 8-Year History

ROSLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y., Aug. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — BondView’s municipal bond price estimates were proven to have an accuracy rate of 99.45% compared to 10,000 bond prices used within an…

Puerto Rico Bonds Complete Junk Or Not?

Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass added to the headline risk surrounding Puerto Rico when he appeared on CNBC this morning to give his opinion on the embattled Puerto Rico bond…

See Detroit’s Official Bankruptcy Filing

Detroit filed for federal bankruptcy protection after years of decline. Here is the actual official Detroit Bankruptcy  filing.

Is This A Good Time To Buy Muni Bonds?

High-grade, tax-free municipal bonds have been trading above 5 percent, a historical buying indicator according to bond advisors. Taxable-equivalent yields on instruments like that are between 8.5 percent and 9…

Alien (Pensions) Verse Predators (Muni Bondholders)

The Stockton, CA. example could encourage cities to view bankruptcy as something other than a last resort. Bond-holders, taxpayers and government officials throughout the country are perplexed and angered will by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein’s ruling to pursue a plan that stiffs its bond-holders.

Distressed Munis, Buy, Sell or Hold?

Detroit and Puerto Rico which have been on the market’s radar screen for quite some time. In early March 2013, Detroit announced a yet-to-be-named state-appointed emergency manager for the City…