Today’s installment is focused on practical application of the knowledge we’ve gone over thus far. You can reference this post when you’re looking at the three parameters of other munis, just in case you forget what everything means in context.
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III. What do I do now?
Enter you, the lay investor. You are a true rogue agent, [...]
Here’s part II, as promised. This is more of the history behind the market crisis, and why it’s affecting the individual investor positively with concern to munis.
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II. The Bear Raiseth His Head…
The year 2008 saw de-leveraging on a scale that hasn’t been witnessed since the Great Depression. Everyone, from Ma and Pa investors to mutual [...]
Emma is sponsored by the MSRB (the bond association). What I have linked below is the mission statement of this new marketplace. It appears that this is the first step we’ve been waiting for: the public release of pricing information for the Bond market.
It is likely that a trading platform will come later. But [...]
Welcome - you’re reading the first official post on MunicipalBond.org. This blog is dedicated to the lay-investor seeking to crack open the Bond trade, specifically Municipal Bonds.
Perhaps the first question on your mind is, what exactly are Municipal bonds? Below I have copy-pasted a description directly from investinginbonds.com:
“Municipal bonds (also known as “munis”) are attractive [...]
