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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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How to Find "AA" Government Bonds Yielding 5% |
Street Authority - Dec. 19, 2011
Yields on 10-year Treasuries are now below 2%. And 30-year U.S. Treasury yields average less than 3%.
But I've found a group of government bonds yielding upwards of 5%.
Most of them carry high quality "AA" credit ratings. And since I first brought them to the attention of High-Yield Investing readers in June 2010, they've returned better than 20%.
You may have heard of them. The program has proven to be one of the more successful outcomes of Obama's $800 billion stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The federal government designed the bonds to stimulate the economy by creating employment at the local level.
Like other municipal bonds, the debt is used to finance local construction projects, such as bridges and roadways. The new bridge across the San Francisco Bay and the mass transit system in New Jersey were financed with Build America Bonds.
As with other municipal bonds, interest payments are exempt from local taxes in the state of issue. Unlike most municipal bonds, however, interest on Build America Bonds may be subject to federal taxes, depending on which of the two types of bonds are issued.
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