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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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Defaults? Hardly. Muni-Bond Market Awash In Opportunity |
FOX Business - Feb. 25, 2011 - By Dunstan Prial
Skittish investors have been fleeing the municipal bond markets at a dizzying pace for weeks since a high-profile analyst proclaimed the apocalypse to be at hand.
Political turmoil in state capitals across the U.S. has only served to heighten the sense of financial chaos that has led to record levels of withdrawals from muni-bond funds.
Meanwhile, savvy investors are lurking on the sidelines waiting for an opportunity to pounce.
“The only question the pros have isn’t when will the Chicago Dump and Zoo Revenue Bonds go bankrupt, because they won’t, but how much lower will they fall before I should step in and add them to my portfolio,” bond expert and financial columnist Malcolm Berko noted wryly.
Municipal bonds are particularly popular among wealthy individual investors because the income derived from many classes of these debt securities is tax exempt. Nearly 40% of the $2.9 trillion muni-bond market is held by individual investors, according to the Federal Reserve.
Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/02/24/defaults-hardly-muni-bond-market-awash-opportunity/#ixzz1FH0NUDao
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