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In a new post at the New York Federal Reserve's blog site, three bank officials took a look at the $3.7 trillion US municipal bond market. After noting that about 75% of US municipal bonds are ...
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For its part, Charles Schwab considers it too early to declare an ongoing downturn, but offered a safe-haven tip given elevated risk: municipal bonds. These fixed-income assets are issued by local ...
Build America Mutual Assurance Company (stylized as Build America Mutual or BAM) is a mutual, monoline bond insurer of essential public-purpose U.S. municipal bonds. Since its inception in July 2012, the company has insured more than $65 billion in par amount for more than 3,300 member-issuers.
A municipal bond, commonly known as a muni, is a bond issued by state or local governments, or entities they create such as authorities and special districts. In the United States, interest income received by holders of municipal bonds is often, but not always, exempt from federal and state income taxation.
The economic value of bond insurance to the governmental unit, agency, or other issuer of the insured bonds or other securities is the result of the savings on interest costs, which reflects the difference between yield payable on an insured bond and yield payable on the same bond if it was uninsured—which is generally higher.
Despite the yield curve inversion in two- and 10-year Treasury bonds, there are plenty of opportunities for investors to earn stable yield, including municipal bonds, experts say. Municipal bonds ...
Nuveen was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1898 and originally focused solely on municipal bond underwriting and investments. While its investments today span nearly all major areas of capital markets, it is known for its size and influence in domestic fixed income generally, tax advantaged municipal bonds in particular and private real estate.