Vallejo, California, the biggest U.S. city in bankruptcy, won court permission to send its exit plan to creditors, its municipal bondholders for a vote after retired workers dropped their objections….
Investors in Municipal Bonds have a powerful new tool in their portfolio analysis arsenal. BondView, LLC, a leading provider of Municipal bond portfolio analysis and market data, has launched the…
The threat of rising interest rates is not welcome news for municipal bond investors. As the economy comes out of recession, the threat of inflation may result in interest rate…
There is good news and bad news from the Chicago Federal Reserve which said that 2011 will be a tough year in local government finance. Minimal growth or outright declines…
On Dec 2010, the Securities Exchange Commission put into effect Rule 15c2-12 which prohibits dealers from underwriting most muni bond deals unless the issuers have contractually agreed to disclose annual…
Peter Demirali is a portfolio manager and heads Cumberland’s taxable fixed income area and is a long time veteran of taxable fixed income markets. He is a member of Cumberland…
Japan’s has begun severing the global vice grip of the 3 major credit raters. Make no mistake, the “Keystone Cops” ( Moodys, S&P and Fitch) once powerful influence over nations,…
The FINREG bill signed into law this week is already creating economic casualties and a complete standstill for new bond issuance.
How can investment advisors monitor the 1.5 million cusips from 60,000 different issuers if most bonds ratings are stale or are not rated at all? We need an Bond early…
Here is a good interview with our favorite radio host, Brain Lehrer from WNYC and Andrew Ross Sorkin, columnist and financial reporter for The New York Times as they discuss…