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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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S&P Launches Industry's First Maturity Year Municipal Bond Indices |
REUTERS - Oct. 21, 2009
Index Provider Continues Rapid Expansion of its Family of Fixed Income Indices
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing to meet the growing demand of municipal bond investors, Standard & Poor's -- the world's leading index provider -- announced today the launch of the S&P AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index Series. The new index series is the first ever suite of total return indices designed to measure defined maturity segments of the investment grade, tax-exempt municipal bond market.
"The interesting feature of the S&P AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index Series is that it provides investors with information about the municipal bond market by maturity year. In doing so, the indices can be used in decisions regarding municipal bond investments, matching investment horizons to investment objectives and in laddering bond portfolios," notes JR Rieger, Vice President of Fixed Income Indices at S&P Indices.
The S&P AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index Series is a series of eight indices measuring defined maturity segments of the investment grade, tax-exempt municipal bond market with an index for each maturity year of 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. The Indices are based on noncallable, tax-exempt, investment grade municipal bonds with annual maturities of June 1st through August 31st. The bond selection avoids uncertain or unexpected cash flows like optional redemptions, sinking funds, housing bond prepayments, and multifamily default refundings.
To be eligible for inclusion, the bond must be issued by a state (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and United States territories) or a local government or agency, and interest on the security must be exempt from U.S. federal income taxes. Other Index inclusion criteria apply.
The complete, public guidelines for Index maintenance, rebalancing, additions, and deletions can be found in the S&P AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index Series methodology document available at www.fixedincomeindices.standardandpoors.com.
About S&P Indices
S&P Indices, the world's leading index provider, maintains a wide variety of investable and benchmark indices to meet an array of investor needs. Over $1 trillion is directly indexed to Standard & Poor's family of indices, which includes the S&P 500, the world's most followed stock market index, the S&P Global 1200, a composite index comprised of seven regional and country headline indices, the S&P Global BMI, an index with approximately 11,000 constituents, and the S&P GSCI, the industry's most closely watched commodities index. For more information, please visit www.standardandpoors.com/indices.
About Standard & Poor's
Standard & Poor's, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is the world's foremost provider of independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data. With offices in 23 countries and markets, Standard & Poor's is an essential part of the world's financial infrastructure and has played a leading role for nearly 150 years in providing investors with the independent benchmarks they need to feel more confident about their investment and financial decisions. For more information, visit
http://www.standardandpoors.com.
Standard & Poor's does not sponsor, endorse, sell or promote any S&P index-based investment product.
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