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The Motley Fool
March 17, 2008
Morgan Housel |
This Could Be the End of Bond Insurance Just when it started to look a little better, bond insurers face a fatal blow.   |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Buffett Offers Bond Insurers a Hand ... Maybe Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announces that it will offer the three largest bond insurers, Ambac, MBIA, and FGIC, the opportunity to essentially turn over the tax-free municipal portion of their bond insurance portfolio to Berkshire. |
Financial Advisor
March 2008
Marla Brill |
Managing The Municipal Malaise With bond insurer ratings on the brink and hedge funds fresh off a selling spree, the normally staid municipal bond market has taken on a more volatile profile over the last few months. |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Is This the Last Straw for Ambac? Bond insurers may be running out of options. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Talk of Bailing Out Bond Insurers Sparks Wild Ride In the past three days, bond-insurance giants have been on a seesaw that has spun the heads of even the most iron-stomached investors. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2008
Dakin Campbell |
Muni Volume Plunges A dramatically changed municipal market and concerns relating to bond insurers have sent January new-issue volume plunging to levels not seen since September 2001. |
BusinessWeek
November 12, 2007
Matthew Goldstein |
Wall Street's Next Worry The credit crisis is spreading from Wall Street to a less well known corner of the financial world, that of the bond insurers. An obscure company called ACA Capital might spark the explosion. |
U.S. Banker
April 2008 |
The Many Cozy Relationships Of Bond Insurers Some do not view the multi-billion-dollar bank bailout for insurers as a path to recovery but as further enabling of damaging, co-dependent behavior among banks, rating agencies and bond insurers. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Ambac Financial Will Burn Your Portfolio Ambac's days of lucrative profits could be a thing of the past, and that's the best-case scenario. Even under that rosy outcome, there's still little reason to hold Ambac. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Bonding With Buffett Warren Buffett plans to start a bonding agency for local and state governments. |
The Motley Fool
April 24, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Ambac Obliterated: Is This the End? Reacting to sour news, shares of Ambac plummet to their lowest levels ever since the company went public in 1991. |
BusinessWeek
September 2, 2010
Richard & Preston |
Wilbur Ross: Alone in Muni Bonds Wilbur Ross has something many business owners might envy: a monopoly in muni bond insurance. The question is, how much money can he make in a shrinking business? |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2010
James Early |
Muni Bonds: Safe or a Sucker's Bet? Hear this view from municipal guru Tom Kozlik. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2008
Sham Gad |
What a Rating Downgrade Really Means Repercussions of bond rating downgrades could wreak havoc on investors. |
Investment Advisor
October 2008
George Strickland |
Sleuthing Bonds Municipal bonds are now more likely to move in the opposite direction of Treasury bonds, where before the two markets commonly moved in the same direction. |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
What Ever Happened to the Muni Crash? Municipal bonds have recovered strongly, but is it just temporary? |
Financial Advisor
May 2008
Marla Brill |
Munis' Turn To Shine One of the country's most influential fixed-income managers is enthusiastic about a municipal bond market that she says is more exciting than any she has seen in her 23-year career. |
Financial Advisor
June 2008
Bruce W. Fraser |
No Longer A Wallflower For your clients' fixed-income portfolios, now may be a desirable time to be thinking of investing in simple, plain vanilla investments. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2010
Rich Smith |
Buffett Predicts the Next Crisis It's coming soon to a town near you. Investors think munis are going down. |
Registered Rep.
June 9, 2008 |
Credit Downgrades, More Write-Downs And The ARS Market Credit downgrades to MBIA and AMBAC Financial Group, the world's largest bond insurers, will lead to more write-downs at Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and UBS, according to a new research report. |
The Motley Fool
May 13, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
MBIA Disappoints; Stock Rises Investors speculate that the worst could be over for this bond insurer. |
InternetNews
February 22, 2008
Paul Shread |
Stocks Stage Dramatic Rebound Tech stocks took a back seat Friday, as bond insurers led the way first lower and then higher... Intuit and Cbeyond fell sharply... Sigma Designs fell on a downgrade... etc. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Bond Insurers Smile, for Now It hasn't been a great year for the bond-insurance business so far. Even with Tuesday's massive gains, both Ambac Financial and MBIA remain down 70% and 33% for 2008, respectively. |
Investment Advisor
October 2009
Chris Ryon |
Not Quite So Risky Business If your clients are invested in municipal bonds, you'd better brush up on how the recession has affected the pricing of those bonds. An exploration of credit risk and pricing in the muni market. |
Financial Planning
December 17, 2007
Matthew Posner |
The Bond Buyer Shifts in the municipal marketplace have impacted participants in various ways, causing players to reassess their investment strategies going forward. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2010
Sheila Amoroso |
The Truth About Munis With budget woes a daily news staple, state and local governments are taking steps to address the issues. Amid this uncertainty, it's important to understand some truths about investing in munis. |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Make a Killing in the Bond Market In a market clouded by fear, municipal bonds' tax advantages make them particularly attractive. |
Financial Advisor
September 2010
Riva D. Atlas |
The Muni Minefield Why a diversified portfolio of municipal bonds may be a safe place to invest despite the harsh words against them. |
Financial Advisor
January 2011
Alan Lavine |
Will Munis Deflate Again? The muni market has been volatile, with governments facing steep revenue declines and fears of higher interest rates. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2009
Ilana Polyak |
Mining for Munis Warren Pierson, co-manager of the Baird Intermediate Municipal Bond fund, sees opportunity in this dark period. |
On Wall Street
May 1, 2012
Tommy Fernandez |
Muni Bonds Thrive Nervous money, spooked off last year by banking analyst Meredith Whitney's prediction on the "60 Minutes" TV show of widespread defaults, is now flocking back to the tax-free debt of cities, states and other public entities such as colleges and toll bridges. |
Financial Advisor
December 2009
Eric Uhlfelder |
Receding From A Perfect Storm Uncertainty has clouded convictions about some tax-and revenue-based municipal bonds. |
Registered Rep.
November 24, 2010
Diana Britton |
Stampede Out Of Municipal Bonds Is Temporary; Reversal Ahead Record municipal bond outflows last week represent a short-term blip in the market, some industry sources say. |
Financial Advisor
July 2004
Gail Liberman |
Muni Bond Funds Vs. Individual Bonds A new study says the funds are cheaper if you actively trade. |
BusinessWeek
November 26, 2007
David Henry |
A Chain Reaction in Shaky Debt? As exotic CDOs topple, the impact could ripple through debt markets and wallop more funds and banks. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2010
Russ Krull |
Muni Bond ETFs? Not So Fast An argument against municipal bond exchange-traded funds. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2010
Donald Jay Korn |
Handle With Care What could go wrong in the muni market? There are many possibilities. Spreads could widen, interest rates could increase or an upgrade in bond ratings could leave investors paying more for their munis. |
The Motley Fool
September 13, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Make a Mint With Munis With falling yields elsewhere, municipal bonds look more attractive. Traditionally difficult to buy, it is now a little easier to purchase them with a new ETF, the iShares S&P National Municipal Bond Fund. |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2008
Morgan Housel |
The Moody's Blues Debt-ratings agency Moody's watches its earnings and reputation erode, as the once-lucrative business of rating batches of collateralized debt obligations has begun to sour. |
Investment Advisor
November 2007 |
Upgrades iShares S&P California Municipal Bond and New York Municipal Bond funds from Barclays begin trading... Morningstar releases new Stewardship Grades for more than 1,000 mutual funds... Rydex launches ETF Essentials... etc. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2008
Morgan Housel |
MBIA's Foggy Future MBIA, one of the world's largest bond-insurance companies, announces a fourth-quarter loss, but despite a murky outlook, management stays confident. |
Financial Advisor
February 2012
Marla Brill |
Muni Bond ETFs Join The Charge For Yields Despite some concerns, investors are being drawn to muni bond ETFs for diversification, transparency and low costs. |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2008
Zoe Van Schyndel |
A Tax-Smart, Income-Rich ETF As the year draws to a close, many investors think of the taxes they've accumulated on their stock dividends. But one group of ETFs lets investors relax, providing tax-exempt income all year round. |
The Motley Fool
November 19, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Has the Next Meltdown Begun? The municipal bond market is feeling the hurt. |
BusinessWeek
January 20, 2011
William Selway |
Muni Bonds: Default Fears May Be Overblown As investors flee, some analysts say predictions of widespread defaults, spurred by big state deficits and lost tax revenues, are lacking in evidence. |
Financial Advisor
September 2005
Marla Brill |
The Case For Municipal Bonds Improving municipal bond yields could ease investor fear of rising interest rates. |
Investment Advisor
June 2008
Joseph & Trincal |
The Continuing Crisis in Auction Rate Securities While news of trouble at monoline insurers seems to have slowed since February, the municipal bond sector still faces critical challenges. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2007
Matthew Posner |
The Bond Buyer The first municipal bond exchange-traded fund will be up and running by the end of this year as Barclays Global Investors iShares has filed a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission outlining the new investment product. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2005
Scholl & Baldt |
Municipal Mindset Beating the municipal bond market requires the skills of a sleuth. Does your manager have what it takes? |
Finance & Development
September 2011
Rabah Arezki et al. |
Municipal Fallout U.S. state bond markets are not insulated from each other but are from the federal bond market. |
