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| 5/10/2013Market Performance |
| Municipal Bonds |
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S&P National Bond Index
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3.00% |
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S&P California Bond Index
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2.96% |
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S&P New York Bond Index
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3.13% |
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S&P National 0-5 Year Municipal Bond Index
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0.70% |
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| S&P/BGCantor US Treasury Bond |
400.09 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index
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848.03 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (CAD)
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636.26 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR)
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1,701.05 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR) (CAD)
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1,276.26 |
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S&P REIT Index
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174.07 |
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S&P REIT Index (TR)
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425.30 |
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S&P MLP Index
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2,469.58 |
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S&P MLP Index (TR)
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5,428.50 |
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Muni bond sell-off may be easing |
Los Angles Times - Jan. 18, 2010
The municipal bond market may be trying to stabilize after the beating it has taken over the last three months.
Share prices of some popular muni mutual funds were little changed Tuesday after last week’s slide, suggesting that the pressure to mark bond prices lower -- and yields higher -- was easing.
The BlackRock National Municipal fund held steady at $9.48 a share after eight straight declines through Friday that had hacked 3.8% off the shares.
The share price of the Franklin California Tax-Free Income fund rose for the first time since Dec. 21, adding 1 cent to $6.49. The Franklin fund’s stock price has tumbled 10.5% since Aug. 31.
The annualized tax-free yield on the Bond Buyer index of 40 muni bonds nationwide rose to a two-year high of 5.95% on Tuesday from 5.93% on Friday, but the increase was the smallest since Jan. 4.
With tax-free yields on many long-term muni bonds nearing or exceeding yields on taxable securities of the same maturities, opportunistic investors normally would be flocking to munis.
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