With muni bonds today, there are some screaming bargains out there, even if you can't benefit from the tax deduction.
But
with the muni bonds» tax - free status, that «true yield» actually rises to 5.5 %, assuming a 33 % federal tax bracket.
So what's the deal
with muni bonds?
So what's the deal
with muni bonds?
Don't waste your time
with munis.......
But
with munis and corporates, the risk of default is real.
Yes, data quality varies more
with munis than corps Aug 22, 2012
Last April, I wrote an article about steep declines in the muni market during the second half of February 2008 [«Turmoil in the Marketplace: What's Going on
With Munis?
As usual
with munis, the knee - jerkers blew it.
Not exact matches
In the meantime,
muni experts point out states can renegotiate contracts
with servicers, raise fees on things like drivers license renewals, sell assets and privatize prisons and tolls roads to cut expenses and raise cash.
A disrupted
muni market, also, seems negligible compared to the ramifications of the federal government getting in the foxhole
with states.
Looking ahead, we may see rising yields along
with a continued focus from the government on tax reform, and such a move could hurt the relative attractiveness of
muni bonds.
A high quality
muni - bond portfolio can yield close to 4 % tax free,
with inflation essentially not existent and equities at an all time high I'm curious if there is a flaw in my logic?
Muni funds are usually traded by people
with in the higher tax bracket because these funds are except from federal taxes... Sometimes even escape state taxes as well.
National
muni bond categories are: B - MNST - Short - Term National Muni Bond: Invest in muni bonds with average maturity of less than three ye
muni bond categories are: B - MNST - Short - Term National
Muni Bond: Invest in muni bonds with average maturity of less than three ye
Muni Bond: Invest in
muni bonds with average maturity of less than three ye
muni bonds
with average maturity of less than three years.
B - MNIT - Intermediate - Term National
Muni Bond: Invest in muni bonds with average maturity of three to 10 ye
Muni Bond: Invest in
muni bonds with average maturity of three to 10 ye
muni bonds
with average maturity of three to 10 years.
Munis with a shorter duration, as I've explained in the past, have a history of being steady growers not just in times of rising rates but also during market downturns.
I agree
with your points against
muni's and corporate bonds for ladders though — in terms of expense and risk, which is why I avoid them.
Major Asset Classes
with Positive Total Returns US Reits — 2.62 % US Large Caps (SP500)-- 2.2 %
Munis (3 yr)-- 1.16 % Emerging Market Bonds — 1.08 % US Bonds — 0.76 % Cash — 0.02 % Unfortunately, 2015 was not a great year for diversified portfolios.
In anticipation of the tax bill's passage and of municipalities losing their ability to refund bonds prior to maturity, there was a surge in supply of
muni bonds in November and December,
with new supply increasing 29.3 % and 207 %, respectively, over prior - year levels.
Meanwhile,
muni fund inflows have been positive since October, according to Morningstar,
with no signs of slowing in the near - term.
Others, anticipating a potential tax increase
with a Clinton win, wondered if they should be buying more
munis.
In recent years,
with the financial collapse and lack of liquidity in the system, many
muni bond investments sold off, opening up great opportunities for investors.
States and municipalities (cities or towns
with a local government) issue municipal bonds, adorably nicknamed «
munis.»
Muni bond funds have seen inflows of more than $ 30 billion this year alone,
with the week ended June 22 seeing the highest inflows in over three years at $ 1.4 billion.
Since
munis are double tax free, is this a non effort or do you still need to file info on zero
munis but just
with a $ 0 in taxable interest?
With the rest of the 20 %, I plan to buy individual California
muni bonds that offer higher yields and yields to maturity to juice up the return.
Friend have faith in God and do not be pes - sim - is - tic about Religion and pray
with us they reach some sort of understanding to wave the misunderstandings that been acc - um - ul - ated for lack of com -
muni - cations between all religions and branches.
Afterwards I tried many jobs, such as
Muni Bus driver, Mailman, Merchant Marine Mess Department, Back Door Man at the Old Fillmore / Fillmore West Carousel Ballroom (during my hippie daze), great perks
with that job, groupies had to go through me before getting back stage.
«If everyone understands what we need to do, it's easier and it doesn't matter if it's
with you, or him, or
Muni, or Glenn (Whelan).
Yesterday I joked on Twitter that no one asked Spitzer about
muni bonds, city debt and other drudgery associated
with the city comptroller post.
Actors honored
with an Academy Award for their roles as scientists include Fredric March as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and Paul
Muni as Louis Pasteur (1936).
The breeding pair,
Muni and Marta, spent 97 % of their time either in contact
with each other or in close proximity.
We've even made a
Muni Metro Date Map, packed
with 56 amazing San Francisco date ideas.
One of Warner's earnest biopics of great men,
with good acting from Paul
Muni in the lead and Joseph Schildkraut who won a Supporting Actor Oscar as the wrongly accused Captain Alfred Dreyfus
Some of the acting is pretty bad, mainly
with the brother / preacher and the first wife (but her problem is the corny «gangster» dialogue she spouts off), but Paul
Muni is quite good, especially in the scene that closes the movie.
«The Public Enemy» launched a cycle of gangster films in the early years of the Depression that also includes «Little Caesar»
with Edward G. Robinson, and «Scarface»
with Paul
Muni.
It garnered seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Walter Huston, recreating his earlier stage role, who should have won the Oscar
with his sensitive portrayal against winner Paul
Muni for The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)-RRB-, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Maria Ouspenskaya, reprising her role from the earlier stage production, and in her film debut), and Best Sound Recording, and won only one Oscar for Best Art Direction - Interior Decoration.
With Paul
Muni, George Raft, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley and Boris Karloff.
It reinvigorated and redefined the nascent genre, thanks to the rat - a-tat direction of Howard Hawks and scrappy performance of Paul
Muni, a pug of an actor who packs his firecracker frame
with dynamite.
With Paul
Muni, George Raft, Ann Dvorak and Boris Karloff.
Please expand on your knowledge of the Massachusetts Chart of Accounts, as well as your facility
with grant writing and programs like Excel, graphing and complex formulas, spreadsheets, and
MUNIS.
I would never recommend buying a bond fund (
muni or other)
with interest rates where they are.
Tobacco
munis have a modified duration of 10.1, compared
with the nursing sector's modified duration of 3.2.
Muni national bond funds are mutual funds that provide investors
with exposure to the domestic municipal bond sector.
Would you please begin your discussion
with an overview of
muni bonds for those of us who have zero experience
with them?»
Now, in simpler times, when
munis were all that they insured, the risk profiles were low for the guarantors, because
munis rarely defaulted, particularly those
with economic necessity behind them.
If the maturities of the
munis match the liabilities of the bank, they will pay out at the time that the bank needs liquidity to pay those who place money
with them.
It starts
with the fundamental mismatch of
muni bonds.
With less trustworthy AAA paper around, many
muni managers have decided that holding AA and single - A rated
muni bonds isn't so bad after all.