BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Municipal Bond
- in the United States, a security issued by states, local governments, and municipalities to pay for special projects such as highways
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- Eaton Vance Announces Changes to Policies of Closed-End Insured Municipal Bond Funds
- BOSTON -- Eaton Vance Management announced today policy changes for the following closed-end funds: Eaton Vance Insured Municipal Bond Fund (AMEX: EIM); Eaton Vance Insured California Municipal Bond Fund (AMEX: EVM); Eaton Vance Insured New York Municipal Bond Fund (AMEX: ENX); Eaton Vance Insured Municipal Bond...
- Research articles 2008-03-12
- Barclays Global Investors Announces the Trading of the First State Municipal Bond Exchange Traded Funds
- Barclays Global Investors BGI announced that the iShares S&P California Municipal Bond Fund (AMEX: CMF) and the iShares S&P New York Municipal Bond Fund (AMEX: NYF) will begin trading today on the American Stock Exchange. They are the first state municipal bond ETFs available to U.S. investors and they...
- Research articles 2007-10-05
- M&T Securities Inc. of Baltimore acquires two municipal bond funds
- M&T Securities Inc., of Baltimore, a broker-dealer subsidiary of M&T Bank, announced it has acquired two municipal bond funds from Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group Inc. The addition of the FBR Maryland Tax-Free Portfolio now called the MTB Maryland Municipal Bond Fund and the FBR Virginia Tax-Free Portfolio (now the MTB...
- Research articles 2006-02-28
- Eldredge to Head Municipal Bond Area at Voyageur
- MINNEAPOLIS--BUSINESS WIRE--March 19, 1996--Voyageur Fund Managers Inc. announced today that Steven P. Eldredge will head the municipal bond portfolio management area of the Voyageur Companies.Eldredge assumes responsibility for all of the municipal bond management activities for the Voyageur family of 30 tax free municipal bond mutual funds and for Voyageur's...
- Research articles 1996-03-19
- Municipal Bond Tax Equivalent Yield
- This tool will estimate The Tax-Equivalent Yield TEY for a municipal bond. Income generated from municipal bond coupon payments are not subject to federal income tax. In addition, if the bond was issued in your state of residence, you can also avoid state income taxes. Use this tool to determine...
- Tools & templates 2008-01-01
- PowerShares Prepares ETF Industry's First Municipal Bond Family
- PowerShares Capital Management LLC continues Leading the Intelligent ETF Revolution®, announcing today that it intends to list the first family of municipal bond ETFs. The first two offerings, the PowerShares Insured Municipal Bond and the PowerShares National Municipal Bond Portfolios, are expected to begin trading in October. "We are...
- Research articles 2007-08-07
- PowerShares Empowers Investors With Intelligent Municipal Bond Indexes
- PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds ETFs, this week launched three insured municipal bond portfolios based on Merrill Lynch indexes that have consistently outperformed other municipal indexes over longer time periods. The PowerShares National Insured Municipal Bond Portfolio, as well as the California and New York...
- Research articles 2007-10-22
- Barclays Global Investors Announces the Trading of the First U.S. Listed Municipal Bond Exchange Traded Fund
- Barclays Global Investors BGI announced that the iShares S&P National Municipal Bond Fund (AMEX: MUB) will begin trading today on the American Stock Exchange. It is the first municipal bond ETF available to U.S. investors. The Fund is designed to track a liquid, institutional quality municipal bond index...
- Research articles 2007-09-10
- Fitch Rates New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank 2006B Revs 'AA+'; Outlook Positive
- NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA+' rating to approximately $20.3 million New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank 2006 series B nonguaranteed bonds (2005 General Bond Resolution). The Rating Outlook is Positive. The bonds are scheduled to sell via competitive bid on Dec. 6. In addition, Fitch affirms the 'AA+'...
- Research articles 2006-11-29
- PRENTICE HALL PUBLISHES NEW MULTIMEDIA REFERENCE ON MUNICIPAL BOND TAX ISSUES
- Prentice Hall Law & Business (Englewood Cliffs, NJ) has published "Federal Taxation of Municipal Bonds," a new six-volume reference, including text and computer discs, for research on municipal bond issues. A subscription to the new referPrentice Hall Law & Business (Englewood Cliffs, NJ) has published "Federal...
- Research articles 1993-11-16
- Fitch Rates New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank Rev Bonds 'AAA'
- CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA' rating to approximately $50 million New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank 2005 series D nonguaranteed bonds (2005 General Bond Resolution). The Rating Outlook is Positive. The bonds are scheduled to sell via negotiation led by CitiGroup, Inc. on July 13. The New Hampshire Municipal...
- Research articles 2005-07-07
- Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Bond Trust Today Declared Monthly Income Dividends from Tax-Free Income
- NEW YORK -- Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Bond Trust today declared monthly income dividends of $.05 per share from tax-free income.RECORD DATE < PAYABLE DATE < 07/18/08 < 07/25/08 08/22/08 ...
- Research articles 2008-07-08
- Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Bond Trust Today Declared a Monthly Income Dividend from Tax-Free Income
- NEW YORK -- Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Bond Trust today declared a monthly income dividend of $.05 per share from tax-free income.RECORD DATE < PAYABLE DATE 10/24/08 < 10/31/08 Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Bond Trust is a closed-end diversified management investment company investing...
- Research articles 2008-10-14
- SIFMA Municipal Bond Summit: Lessons and Outlook for Recovery
- Ravi Nagarajan submits: The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association SIFMA held a conference on June 8 to address a number of important issues facing the municipal bond industry. SIFMA’s President and CEO Timothy Ryan made opening remarks regarding the challenges facing municipal bond issuers and was followed by...
- External links 2009-06-09
- Has The Time Passed For Municipal Bond Funds?
- The question this article tries to address is do municipal bond funds still have a place in today's portfolios? After closely examining yield and bond fund expenses, along with other factors such as diversification, it is concluded that many investors would do better with individual issues. A well-run bond fund...
- White papers 2000-08-01
- Murky depths: municipal finance.(US municipal bond market corruption)
- Fewer municipal bonds have been sold in 1995 than in previous years due to the Securities and Exchange Commission's determination to stop corruption. Fee splitting, unscrupulous use of escrow accounts, rigging of bids and other practices are discussed.America's municipal-bond market is more rife with corruption than even its fiercest...
- Research articles 1995-11-04
- IRS playing hardball on abusive municipal bond deals.(TAX EXEMPTS)(tax policy of Internal Revenue Service)(Brief Article)
- The Service is playing hardball on abusive municipal bond deals: The Service is playing hardball on abusive municipal bond deals:
- Research articles 2005-05-20
- NY muni loss bruises Goldman. (Goldman Sachs & Co. municipal bond bankers' losses)
- May lose top rank; Pru bolstered For Goldman Sachs & Co. municipal bond bankers, July 26 was Black Friday. On that day, its public finance department lost the prestigious New York City general obligation account and was dropped from the underwritMay lose top rank; Pru...
- Research articles 1996-08-05
- Morgan Keegan is Again Top Ranked Municipal Bond Underwriter in Six-State Region That Includes Arkansas
- MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. was the leading underwriter in 2007 of municipal bond issues in the South Central Region of the United States, a six-state area that includes Arkansas, according to Thomson Financial, one of the nation's leading municipal bond information services.
- Research articles 2008-01-08
- Morgan Keegan is Leading Municipal Bond Underwriter in Louisiana and South Central United States in Third Quarter 2006
- MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., senior managed more municipal bond issues in Louisiana and the South Central United States than any other firm in the country during the third quarter of 2006, according to Thomson Financial, one of the nation's leading municipal bond information services.
- Research articles 2006-10-17
