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Maturity periods vary – Bonds can range from short-term (1-5 years) to long-term (20-30 years). Many are tax-free – Interest is often exempt from federal taxes and sometimes state and local taxes.
The fund invests a substantial portion of its assets in municipal “junk” bonds and may purchase bonds in default as long as they don’t account for more than 10 percent of assets. 5-year ...
This is a list of U.S. states by credit rating, showing credit ratings for sovereign bonds as reported by the three major credit rating agencies: Standard & Poor's, Fitch and Moody's. The list is given as of May 2021.
The index includes Treasury securities, Government agency bonds, Mortgage-backed bonds, Corporate bonds, and a number of foreign bonds traded in U.S. The Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index is an intermediate term index. The weighted average maturity as of July 1, 2022 was 8.76 years.
Municipal bonds are instruments issued by local, state, or federal governments in the United States. Until April–May 2010, Moody's and Fitch were rating municipal bonds on the separate naming/classification system which mirrored the tiers for corporate bonds. S&P abolished its dual rating system in 2000.
General obligation bonds: This type of municipal bond allows the government to tax residents in order to pay back bond holders. They aren’t necessarily backed by a specific government project ...
A 2007 study concluded that the average investment grade tax exempt 1-10 year municipal bond traded 21 times over its 11-year sample and 5.65% of issues only traded once. [ 21 ] Unlike corporate and Treasury bonds, which are more likely to be held by institutional investors, municipal bond owners are more diverse, and hence harder to locate ...
Tax-free municipal bonds are not just a source of investment but also a significant contributor to public projects such as roads, schools and hospitals. These debt instruments are issued by local ...