Muni-Bond

More Harrisburg Workers Face a New Paycheck Threat 1/04/11 Banks Look to Profit on Muni-Bond Fears WSJ Topics: Municipal Bonds A core group of about 10 people will play major roles in Harrisburg's recovery plan and will be supported with specific expertise by the other members, said Jamie Yates , spokeswoman for the department.

Pennsylvania Builds Restructuring Team for Harrisburg Romy Varghese 2011

In Muni-Bond Probe The founder of a California municipal-bond broker pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the U.S. government's sweeping probe into alleged bid-rigging and price-fixing in the municipal finance market.

Financial Briefing Book: Dec. 31 2011

In Muni-Bond Ills, Danger and Hope Graphic: Muni-Market Woe Before Wednesday's hearing, Rep. Frank Guinta R., N.H., also discounted the bankruptcy option, saying "a more realistic approach is to find state-based solutions."

House GOP Fears 'Looming Fiscal Crisis' for States Andrew Ackerman 2011

Fitch Recalibrating Muni-Bond Ratings With one major ratings firm already having decided to recalibrate its municipal bond ratings, another said Thursday it will take the plunge, too.

Cov-Lite Loans Make a Return Katherine Greene 2010

Nicole Gelinas has warned in these pages that "once state and local governments have borrowed too much, they may well find a way not to pay their lenders back" (see "Beware the Muni-Bond Bubble," Spring 2010).

The Muni-Bond Debt Bomb 2010

Fitch Recalibrating Muni-Bond Ratings With one major ratings firm already having decided to recalibrate its municipal bond ratings, another said Thursday it will take the plunge, too.

Cov-Lite Loans Make a Return Katherine Greene 2010

Fitch Recalibrating Muni-Bond Ratings With one major ratings firm already having decided to recalibrate its municipal bond ratings, another said Thursday it will take the plunge, too.

Cov-Lite Loans Make a Return Katherine Greene 2010

MBIA Muni-Bond Unit Is Downgraded by S&P Standard & Poor's Ratings Services downgraded the municipal-bond-insurance unit of MBIA Inc., dealing a blow to the insurer's plan to restart its business of writing guarantees on bonds issued by cities, schools and other public entities.

Rate Fears Send Treasurys Lower 2009

Muni-Bond Funds Mr. Evensky is also using a tax-advantaged short-term municipal bond fund, Schroder Short-Term Muni Bond, which has a 12-month trailing yield of nearly 4%, according to Morningstar.

What Savers Should Do as Rates Drop 2008

Muni-Bond Auctions Feeling the Pressure The ratings shakeout in the bond-insurance industry has helped cause the failure of municipal-bond auctions -- the first known instance of this since 1991.

'Anyone for Some Used Corporate Debt?' 2008