Bonds

Magazine articles on treasuries, munis, corporate bonds, and junk bonds.

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Financial Planning July 1, 2012 Scott Colyer	Failed TIPS On the surface, TIPS would appear to protect investors, but there are inherent problems. For starters, if the securities are held in a taxable account, investors pay an ordinary tax rate on income they will not receive until maturity.
On Wall Street July 1, 2012 Jonathan Hemmerdinger	MSRB Expands Label of Sophisticated Muni Bond Investor Broker-dealers will not have to make the same disclosures to wealthier, more sophisticated individual investors that they do to other investors under a revised Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board interpretative notice approved recently by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
HBS Working Knowledge June 13, 2012 Maggie Starvish	HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants Moody's, Fitch, and Standard & Poor's dominated the credit ratings industry for decades. Could the recession weaken their hold?
Financial Advisor June 2012 Michelle Knight	Bane Or Boon? Proposed tax changes could bring significant consequences for municipal bondholders.
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Allan S. Roth	Muni Forecast: Lots of Clouds Despite Whitney's prediction of a near-term disaster, it will probably take a decade or two to test whether states and municipalities can meet their obligations to both retirees and bondholders. The biggest single factor in the interim will be stock market returns.
On Wall Street June 1, 2012 Dave Lindorff	Is It True Bonds Have More Fun? A multi-year shift by investors out of equity mutual funds and into equity exchange-traded funds is now broadening to include fixed income, too, as investors seek lower fees as well as the relative ease of shifting asset allocations afforded by ETFs.
Financial Advisor May 2012 Marla Brill	High Yield, Global Style The recent surge in popularity of high-yield bonds has left Andrew Feltus both encouraged and concerned.
Financial Planning May 1, 2012 David E. Adler	THE ABCs OF BDCs A business development corporation is a pass-through tax structure, analogous to a REIT, allowing individual investors access to formerly institutional-only asset classes such as private debt.
On Wall Street May 1, 2012 Tommy Fernandez	Muni Bonds Thrive Nervous money, spooked off last year by banking analyst Meredith Whitney's prediction on the "60 Minutes" TV show of widespread defaults, is now flocking back to the tax-free debt of cities, states and other public entities such as colleges and toll bridges.
CFO April 15, 2012 Vincent Ryan	Europe: Good Days, Bad Days Investment-grade debt issuers take advantage of optimism over a second Greek bailout.
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