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Municipal Bond News & Research

• Bondheads - Daily collection of key articles on the bond market from a wide variety of news sources.
• Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA) - The Electronic Municipal Market Access system, or EMMA, is a comprehensive, centralized on-line source for free access to official statements, advance refunding documents and real-time trade price information on municipal securities. Emma is provided by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB).
• Handbook of Municipal Bonds - Amazon link to Handbook of Municipal Bonds (edited by Sylvan Feldstein)
• Investing in Bonds (Bond Market Association site) - FINRA site includes municipal bond market prices applying to the previous day. Also educational info.
• National Federation of Municipal Analysts
• The Bond Buyer - Financial newspaper focused primarily on the municipal bond market and municipal finance.
• Fitch - Nationally recognized rating agency
• National Public Finance Guarantee Credit Sector Reports - Useful municipal finance credit sector studies published by municipal bond insurer, National Public Finance Guarantee. Visitors must register to see reports but access is free.
• SEC: Information for Municipal Markets - Entry point to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Municipal Securities information pertaining to municipal markets, including current events, market news, continuing disclosure and Rule 15c2-12
• Smith’s Research & Gradings - Founded in 1992, Smith’s Research & Gradings provides independent credit analysis. Unlike other rating services, fees are paid by subscribers, not issuers. Smith’s disseminates weekly and bi-weekly publications, credit gradings and research reports.
• Standard & Poor’s - Nationally recognized bond rating service.
• The Postwar Quality of State and Local Debt - The Postwar Quality of State and Local Debt by George H. Hempel; Published in 1971 by National Bureau of Economic Research. Seminal study on municipal debt characteristics, including historical default data during the Great Depression.

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• Thomson Municipal Market Monitor (TM3)
• “Been There, Done That": Municipal Bond Ratings and the Move to Restructure the Rating Scale - Municipal Bond Research commentary by Richard Cicccrone, Chief Research Officer, McDonnell Investment Management LLC (April 2008). Commentary covers proposal by rating agency to recalibrate municipal bond ratings. Commentary covers historical default histoy within context of current credit environment.
• A.G. Edwards - Public research site for A.G. Edwards, a securities dealer. Bonds section has limited number of research reports.
• Beige Book (The) - Beige Book (The), report published by the Federal Reserve Board eight times a year
• Bloomberg News - Financial news. Municipal News found in Markets Section under Municipal Bonds. (Bloomberg is also a NRMSIR.)
• Bonds Online - Information, articles and data on the fixed income market.
• BondView - BondView.com - provides municipal bond portfolio analysis for investors. Some areas of the site are free, while others are fee-based.
• Briefing.com - Site provides timely, intelligent analysis on US Stock and US fixed income markets. Free and subscription.
• California Municipal Statistics, Inc - California debt statistics and financial reports
• Corporate Financials Online - News on corporations and investor-owned companies.
• First Southwest Securities - Investment dealer site provides public finance commentary and a newsletter with articles covering various municipal market issues.
• Florida Community Development District Report - The Florida Community Development District Report is a news service of Income Securities Advisor (ISA), the publisher of the Distressed Debt Securities Newsletter. The website monitors 600 community development districts as to the status of their development as well as their bonds. In addition, ISA monitora districts on its ’Watch List’ which are experiencing difficulties likely to lead to a default. (Subscription service)
• Flow of Funds — State & Local Debt Outstanding - Data from Federal Reserve on State and Local Debt Outstanding, including holders of debt. See Flow of Funds (detailed report)
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Municipal Finance

• General Accounting Standards Board – GASB - GASB is the independent organization that establishes and improves standards of accounting and financial reporting for U.S. state and local governments. GASB is recognized as the official source of generally acceptable accounting standards (GAAP) for state and local governments. It is a part of the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF).
• Government Finance Officers Association – GFOA - Government Finance Officers Association—professional organization for municipal finance managers. (GFOA)
• Handbook of Municipal Bonds - Amazon link to Handbook of Municipal Bonds (edited by Sylvan Feldstein)
• The Bond Buyer - Financial newspaper focused primarily on the municipal bond market and municipal finance.
• Council of State Governments - Council of State Governments. Provides timely news on wide variety of state issues in the States News section.
• Fiscal Survey of States - National Governors Association and National Association of State Budget Officers publishes its annual Fiscal Survey of the States analysis of state financial condition. Publications listing recent annual reports.
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