Given this generous tax treatment, pre-re muni yields are usually significantly below those on equivalent Treasuries.
Only in a few cases were states able to keep the money from disappearing into their treasuries.
The yield on 10-year Treasuries surged past 2%, dropped back 1.96%, then took off.
According to Federal Reserve figures, China has started selling its holdings of U.S. Treasuries.
Instead, he wants to buy bonds with as little connection to Treasuries as possible.
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In early trading, all three major equity indexes surged, while the yield on 10-year Treasuries fell.
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You can see that munis offer superior yields against U.S. treasuries of all maturities.
My brilliant bond guru, Bob Smith of Smith Capital, is still mighty bullish about US Treasuries.
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Last weeks auctions of the 2 year, 5 year and 7 year treasuries were oversubscribed.
Most wealthy Americans invest in boring things: mutual funds, municipal bonds, U.S. Treasuries, and the like.
Just look at the yield on 10 year Treasuries, which has fallen to 3.21%.
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Data from Barclays shows that European holdings of U.S. Treasuries rose 67% since May 2011.
The important number for them is the spread between returns on junk and returns on Treasuries.
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Shorter-term Treasuries remained flat, with the 3-month bill yielding 0.07% and the 2-year note yielding 0.25%.
The yield on the 30-year bond declined to 2.747% from 2.906% as U.S. Treasuries outperform stocks.
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Any such move would likely see interest rates rise and demand for bonds, particularly Treasuries, fall.
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In the bond sector, quality beat junk and Treasuries beat munis, but not tax adjusted.
It is important to constantly monitor the extent and frequency with which the Treasuries misbehave.
Experts have been forecasting the imminent demise of U.S. Treasuries for more than a decade.
Already, extra revenue in state treasuries is easing the pain of getting welfare mothers into jobs.
Most of those Treasuries are of medium-term duration: very few 30-year bonds are in the mix.
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Yields on long-term treasuries have fallen dramatically since 2007, when they stood at 5.25%.
It is common knowledge that US Treasuries reached record-high demand levels on July 25, 2012.
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Municipal bonds underperformed treasuries in July returning 1.3% compared to 2.11% total return for treasuries.
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In the past few weeks, the interest rate on five year treasuries has doubled to 1.9%.
Demand for Treasuries rose, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note rising to 1.843%.
And we see this all the time: Treasuries rose today because Bernanke went to the dentist.
In addition, many money market funds and corporate treasuries held Auction Rate Preferred Securities (ARPS).
This bond bubble is not only for Treasuries and corporate debt, but across the yield spectrum.
There is, for a start, the risk that the yield on Treasuries rises, perhaps sharply.
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