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Are You Ready For The 2013 Obamacare Investment Tax?
Mike the PhD • Fri, May 3 • 82 Comments
What Detroit And The Stockton Bankruptcy Mean For Bonds
Mike the PhD • Wed, Apr 3 • 11 Comments
Closed-End Income Funds: How To Benefit From Rising Treasury Yields
Jason Merriam • Mon, Mar 19, 2012 • 5 Comments
Sleep Well With These CEF Income Ideas
Jason Merriam • Sun, Dec 4, 2011 • 12 Comments
Balanced Budget? California's Dreaming
Greg Feirman • Wed, Mar 17, 2010 • 9 Comments
Arnold and Ed on Infrastructure Investment: Good Idea, Bad Plan
Bruce Krasting • Mon, Feb 22, 2010 • 2 Comments
CEF Weekly Review: End of the World, Again?
Joe Eqcome • Sun, Feb 7, 2010
California's High Tax / High Benefit Model: A Constantly Renegotiated Bargain
Tim Iacono • Tue, Nov 3, 2009 • 8 Comments
California's Gone Bust
Macro Man • Wed, Jul 8, 2009 • 9 Comments
What Went Wrong with California, New York, and New Jersey?
Kurt Brouwer • Sun, Jun 28, 2009 • 36 Comments
California Bonds Downgraded Again: How Low Can They Go?
Kurt Brouwer • Sun, Jun 28, 2009 • 3 Comments
California's Permanent Crisis
Tim Iacono • Sun, Jun 21, 2009 • 12 Comments
Why the Government Doesn't Belong in the Municipal Bond Business
Tom Lindmark • Mon, May 11, 2009 • 7 Comments
Municipal Bonds: Time for a Closer Look
Carl Dincesen • Thu, Mar 26, 2009 • 6 Comments
A Guide to Municipal Bond ETFs and Closed-End Funds
SA Editors • Mon, Jul 16, 2007 • 13 Comments
240 Tax-Free Income CEFs
Stockerblog • Thu, May 3, 2007
Tax-Free Closed-End Funds and Stocks For Income Investing
Stockerblog • Mon, Apr 23, 2007 • 2 Comments
Over 50 High Yielding Income Tax Free Stocks
Stockerblog • Sat, Apr 7, 2007
Stocks That Pay Monthly Dividends
Stockerblog • Wed, Mar 7, 2007 • 22 Comments
Want Monthly Dividends? 150 Stocks that Pay
Stockerblog • Tue, Jan 30, 2007 • 9 Comments

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Sector: Financial

Industry: Closed-End Fund - Debt

Country: United States

Dr. Kris
Wow! 15 muni funds @ new highs: $EVN, $MUS, $MYI, $MUI, $MUC, $MUE, $ITM, $MCA, $PZA, $PML, $BFK, $BFZ, $MYN, $NQU, $PML (6-7% yields)
1/5/12
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Dr. Kris: Haven't looked at these in detail but I'd consider those that trade at higher volumes (BFK, MYI, MUI, ITM, PZA). Also, check fund tax status
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2975hbr140: Fair enough.
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Dr. Kris
Muni bond funds continue to rock! At new highs: $NPX, $MQT, $MUI, $MUS, $BFZ, $MCA, $NVG, $NIO, $NPM, $NPP, $NPX, $NQU. 6-7% yields
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Dr. Kris: Muni's have been smokin' for a while. No personal faves. Not sure if a fund in your state is free of state tax...
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46goat: Thanks. No state income tax in Nevada. I was referring to fed taxes.
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Munis on the move: Muni funds have been rallying recently. At new highs today: $NMO, $MYI, $MQY, $BFZ, $KSM, $MFM, $MYF, $OIA. 6-7% yields.
12/2/11
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Jim Van Meerten
BFZ - Blackrock California Munis- deleted - 40% Barchart short term sell signal - Trend Spotter (tm) sell signal - below 20& 50 DMA
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Dr. Kris
Wow! 15 muni funds @ new highs: $EVN, $MUS, $MYI, $MUI, $MUC, $MUE, $ITM, $MCA, $PZA, $PML, $BFK, $BFZ, $MYN, $NQU, $PML (6-7% yields)
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Dr. Kris: Haven't looked at these in detail but I'd consider those that trade at higher volumes (BFK, MYI, MUI, ITM, PZA). Also, check fund tax status
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Dr. Kris
Muni bond funds continue to rock! At new highs: $NPX, $MQT, $MUI, $MUS, $BFZ, $MCA, $NVG, $NIO, $NPM, $NPP, $NPX, $NQU. 6-7% yields
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Dr. Kris: Muni's have been smokin' for a while. No personal faves. Not sure if a fund in your state is free of state tax...
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46goat: Thanks. No state income tax in Nevada. I was referring to fed taxes.
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BFZ BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust

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BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust