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Instablog posts on CMF

  • State Budget Gaps & Investment Implications by Richard Shaw
    State budgets are a shambles. Sales taxes, corporate taxes, personal income taxes and other taxes are being raised all over the country.  The budget problems and consequential taxes will impact municipal bond rates and default risk, and after-tax investment returns on many forms of... More »
    July 5, 2009 • MUB, TFI, CMF
  • 5 Patriotic ETFs for Your Portfolio by ETF Grind
    The global financial crisis started in the United States, and the US economy has consequently suffered more than most. Although total output has fallen less than the global average, the rise in America's unemployment rate has been the steepest in the OECD. It has the world's largest budget... More »
    July 3, 2009 • ITB, QABA, CMF
  • Bye-Bye Muni Bonds? “Muni-TARP” to Follow? by Richard Shaw
    June 25 (Bloomberg) – “Barack Obama may be the worst thing that ever happened to tax-exempt bonds …. “ We certainly agree and see more trouble for tax-exemption down the road. Obama Chief of Staff, Emanuel said, “A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.”, and... More »
    June 25, 2009 • MUB, CMF, NYF

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