PIMCO Municipal Advantage Fund Inc. (MAF)

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    DaleT
    Sep 01 05:46 PM
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    Municipal Bond ETFs and Closed-End Funds [view article]
    Closed end usually sell at a discount to net asset value, and may come into favor as tax rates go higher. Anyone know a good AMT free closed end intermediate to short maturity closed end fund? Reply
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    Dave M.
    Apr 24 04:58 PM
    Munis: Get a 5% Tax-Free Yield With the Bond King [view article]
    There are numerous closed end muni funds that do not use leverage. NUV is the largest. Reply
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    JohnT
    Apr 24 01:33 PM
    Municipal Bond ETFs and Closed-End Funds [view article]
    I own shares in MIY. I called Blackrock and they told me that 12.32% of the income from the fund is subject to AMT. I have had to pay AMT they last two years and it look like I will have to for some time to come. With Michigan's income tax rate at 4.35%, is it better to put the money in a national AMT-free muni bond fund and pay the Michigan income tax or leave it as is? Reply
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    biomedlives
    Apr 23 11:19 AM
    Munis: Get a 5% Tax-Free Yield With the Bond King [view article]
    I agree with mwi, weiwentg, and bsharvy that the preferred leverage is a major issue regarding the closed end muni funds. I wonder if these funds are affected by a reset in the preferred interest rate to a higher level if an auction fails, as has occurred with other auction rate securities. Reply
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    bsharvy
    Apr 23 02:56 AM
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    Munis: Get a 5% Tax-Free Yield With the Bond King [view article]
    Yeah, you have to explain the leverage via preferred shares of the closed-end funds for this article to be useful. It's a major issue. Reply
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    locke
    Apr 22 09:01 PM
    Munis: Get a 5% Tax-Free Yield With the Bond King [view article]
    I could respect this more if he detailed the risks more. Reply
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    ekowalc
    Apr 22 03:59 PM
    Munis: Get a 5% Tax-Free Yield With the Bond King [view article]
    How about the ETF's for muni's? What do you think about these? Reply
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    rmj
    Apr 22 02:58 PM
    Munis: Get a 5% Tax-Free Yield With the Bond King [view article]
    At least in the short term, since there is no maturity on these ARPS, the preferred holders have no liquidity alternative and therefore the equity holders of these closed-end funds will continue to enjoy the existing leverage. Morevover, given the recent sell-off of in munis the NAVs of these funds have more upside potential. So picking a fund that balances yield and discount to NAV may be a good short term bet? Reply
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    weiwentg
    Apr 22 02:21 PM
    Munis: Get a 5% Tax-Free Yield With the Bond King [view article]
    agree with mwi here. I am not in a position to assess the safety of closed end funds, and the competence of their managers. I'm sure there are people who are in a position to do that, but as for me, I will stick with open end muni funds - probably Fido or Vanguard. Reply
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    mwi
    Apr 22 12:16 PM
    Munis: Get a 5% Tax-Free Yield With the Bond King [view article]
    Most, if not all, closed end muni funds use leverage and finance this leverage through the use of auction rate preferred securities, for which the market has completely disappeared. It is not at all clear that the discounts to NAV at these funds are just investor uncertainty or a reflection of the expected haircuts to NAV from the additional future costs of resolving the ARPS problems and the resulting likely higher costs of leverage to the funds. Reply
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    User 179157
    Apr 22 10:51 AM
    Munis: Get a 5% Tax-Free Yield With the Bond King [view article]
    Any suggestions for NJ based muni fund? And I suppose there is no need to invest those muni funds in the IRA account. Reply
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    SeekingAlpha
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    Apr 06 05:20 AM
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    General Discussion on MAF
    Is this a buy or a sell? Reply
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    David
    Jackson
    Mar 24 04:18 PM
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    Municipal Bond ETFs and Closed-End Funds [view article]
    We've added two new Barclays muni bond ETFs:

    iShares S&P California Municipal Bond Fund (CMF)
    iShares S&P New York Municipal Bond Fund (NYF)

    (Thanks JohnB.)     Reply
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    JohnB
    Mar 05 06:11 PM
    Municipal Bond ETFs and Closed-End Funds [view article]
    Great article. Shouldn't it be updated to include ETFs like
    iShares S&P California Municipal Bond Fund (CMF)?
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    David
    Jackson
    Mar 05 09:41 AM
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    Municipal Bond ETFs and Closed-End Funds [view article]
    Update: we added a link to Fred Wilson's excellent article explaining auction-rate municipal bonds:

    seekingalpha.com/artic...     Reply
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