Municipals Continue to Weaken in Buyer-Seller Standoff
April 4, 2011 The giant question mark of whether bankers will be able to find buyers for municipal bonds if and when they come in heartier...

Retail Investors' Muni-Fund Panic Eases
February 9, 2011 Retail investors in municipal bonds are shaken, but still standing, after a relentless barrage of forecasts of massive...

Bond Fund Outflows Ebb
February 7, 2011 Municipal bond mutual fund outflows continued to subside last week from recent record-setting levels as the cash most prone to...

Default Uneasiness Chases Investors from Muni Funds
January 24, 2011 Investors established a record for withdrawals from municipal bond mutual funds last week as headline risk continued to chase...

Private Wealth Keeps Its Cool Amid Municipal Bond Fears
January 21, 2011 Private wealth investors in retail municipal bonds have remained calm the past few months even as mutual funds have dumped...

Muni ETFs Undershot Indexes in 4Q
January 13, 2011 Most muni bond exchange-traded funds performed noticeably worse in the fourth quarter than the indexes they were designed to...

Muni Fund Woes Set Off Withdrawal Stampede
January 10, 2011 Investors kept pulling cash from municipal bond mutual funds at a record pace last week as frightened money continued to flee...

Profits, Stimulus Law Fuel Banks' Return to Munis
September 29, 2010 The return of bank profitability, coupled with some of the provisions of the federal stimulus, coaxed banks to buy state and...

Basel Requirements May Cut Investments for Money Market Funds
September 24, 2010 The Basel III bank capital requirements proposed earlier this month threaten to eviscerate the supply of eligible investments...

Unit Investment Trusts No. 1 Build America Bond Vehicle
September 3, 2010 The unit investment trust has quietly blossomed into the dominant investing vehicle for Build America Bonds, the taxable...