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Does the prospect of earning 0.1% on a bank savings account leave you ... unenthused? Do the 0.2% interest rates that the U.S. government is paying on two-year Treasuries stick in your craw? Maybe ...
First, muni bonds are often investment-grade assets. Around seven out of 10 in the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index are in the top two rungs of credit quality, Schwab cited.
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 ...
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.
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.
Muni arb is a relative value strategy that seizes upon an inefficiency that is related to government tax policy; interest on municipal bonds is exempt from federal income tax. [1] [2] Because the source of this arbitrage is artificially imposed by government regulation, it has persisted (i.e., it has not been "arbed away") for decades. [3]
Muni bonds are a more attractive option for investors in high-tax states and cities, so investors in those areas should be sure to calculate the tax-equivalent yield on potential muni investments.
Berkshire created this government bond insurance company in December 2007 to insure municipal and state bonds. [4] [5] These type bonds are issued by local governments to finance public works projects such as schools, hospitals, roads, and sewer systems.