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JT McGee: In 2010 one brave analyst took to 60 minutes to give deliver a warning message: municipalities are broke. Meredith Whitney made a very controversial call, declaring state and local governments a poor place to invest. In particular, she noted her expectations for the future of the municipal Read more…
Eric Dutram: This year has, so far, been a pretty strange period for municipal bond investors. It started off with a dire prediction from Meredith Whitney on the market as she stated her belief that we will see a large amount of defaults in the space in the very near future. “You could see 50 sizable defaults, Read more…
With the iShares S&P National AMT-Free Muni Bd (NYSE:MUB) down 10% in the last three months, is there trouble brewing in the municipal bond market? CNBC brought in Richard Ciccarone, McDonnell Investments, and Read more…
After witnessing an impressive run-up through the first three quarters of the year, more and more investors are now expressing concern over a bubble in bond markets. Reaction to the recent Read more…
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Nuveen Read more…
Doug Fabian, editor of Making Money Alert, says municipal bonds are a good place to be now, but you have to be selective, and he recommends an ETF. With the Federal Reserve focused on keeping its zero-interest-rate Read more…
Bonds of all kinds took a beating over the last few months — ever since Ben Bernanke began hinting he would launch another “quantitative easing” money-printing program. 
In trading on Friday, the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE:VXX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.78% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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