Muni Bond ETFs And Retirees A Match Made In Heaven Market Vectors High Yield Municipal Index ETF

As an asset class, municipal bonds have had plenty of negative headlines to deal with in the past several years. There was the credit

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Kansas To Issue Pension Bonds To Meet Obligations

Kansas is mooting a plan whereby the state government would take on debt and invest it in order to meet its pension obligations. The

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How to Buy Muni Bonds SafelyKiplinger

Despite some recent defaults, tax-free bonds are still generally reliable investments. In today’s low-yield world, municipal bonds offer some comfort to income-starved investors, especially

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Flint Manager Warns of Bankruptcy Over Retiree Cost Muni Credit Bloomberg Business

More than 80,000 Flint-area residents were employed by GM in 1978. Now, that number is about 7,500, according to a 2011 report by Michigan

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FINANCIAL ADVISOR INSIGHTS September 5 Business Insider

REUTERS/Robert Galbraith FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors. Detroit’s bankruptcy filing

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Don’t Chase Yield in Muni Bonds Total Return

Municipal bonds High-risk debt from Puerto Rico has rallied strongly this year. Here, a February view of the Hato Rey financial district in San

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Can You Put Municipal Bonds in an IRA Account

History Congress established individual retirement accounts in 1974 as a means of providing a retirement savings vehicle for working individuals who were not covered

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Detroit Bankruptcy Is Omen for Municipal Bond Investors

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court decision Tuesday that Detroit can proceed with its bankruptcy filing was a warning shot for municipal bond investors around the

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Bondholders Losing Ground To Retirees In Muni Bankruptcies Income Investing

By Michael Aneiro As two of the biggest municipal bankruptcies are winding down, theyre leaving behind precedents for future cases that seem to increasingly

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Bond Basics for Retirees

Bond ETFs News: In two recent Blog posts, I explored how bonds aren’t just for old people – first taking a look at the

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