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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 - 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).
• 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
• Griffin Kubik Stephens & Thompson Inc - Dealer specializing in debt securities, including municipal bonds, U.S. Treasury debt, agencies, and mortgage-backed securities. Site provides municipal and bond market research.
• 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 - Weekly municipal bond newsletter with a special emphasis on municipal bond reseach, municipal bond credit, bond insurance and rating agency matters (formerly Smith’s Research & Ratings Review)
• 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.
• Thomson Municipal Market Monitor (TM3)

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• “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.
• 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.
• 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)
• FMS Bonds - Municipal bond dealer specialists, including municipal bond research commentary
• GASB Statement 34 - Info on new governmental accounting rules and list of governmental financial reports in compliance with GASB Statement 34.
• Internal Revenue Service - Info for Tax Exempt Community - IRS — information for the Tax Exempt Community, including tax-exempt municipal bonds.
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Municipal Finance

• Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) - Government Finance Officers Association—professional organization for municipal finance managers. (GFOA)
• 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.
• Municipal Bankruptcy — Chapter 9 - From U.S. Courts — Bankruptcy Basics. The chapter of the Bankruptcy Code providing for reorganization of municipalities (which includes cities and towns, as well as villages, counties, taxing districts, municipal utilities, and school districts).
• National Conference of State Legislatures - National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) provides comprehensive content on wide variety of public policy and fiscal issues affecting state governments, including ballot initiatives.
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