2008 Municipal Bond Collapse : part 2
Yet another reason why municipal bonds were decimated in 2008.
Bond Ratings: A cheat sheet to Bond Rating Agency report cards
Overview of the bond rating grades given out by the three bond rating agencies.
What Do I Do Now?
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, [...]
How Munis Work
Hey all, sorry it’s been so long. This semester is going to be a pain in the rear, but I’ll try and update more often from now on.
This is the first post in a series of four entitled, “Munis - So Hot Right Now.” I wrote the entire article recently, and split it up into [...]
EMMA
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 [...]
In Search of Bond Bargains…
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 [...]
