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Tom Lydon • Mon, Apr 26, 2010
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Bond ETFs For Every Objective
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Ron Rowland • Mon, Sep 12, 2011 • 2 Comments
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Matthew J. Patterson • Fri, Mar 4, 2011 • 9 Comments
A Guide to Maturity-Date Bond ETFs
SA Editors • Fri, Feb 18, 2011 • 2 Comments
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Matthew J. Patterson • Tue, Jan 11, 2011 • 6 Comments
Bond Market Liquidity (or Why You Should Buy Bond ETFs Instead)
Matthew J. Patterson • Wed, Oct 6, 2010 • 11 Comments
Despite Local Troubles, Muni Bond ETFs Continue to Flourish
Tom Lydon • Mon, Aug 23, 2010
Are Muni Bonds a Crisis in the Making? Nine ETFs Offering Exposure
Tom Lydon • Fri, Jul 16, 2010 • 2 Comments
New International and Muni Bond ETFs
Wall Street Sector Selector • Tue, May 11, 2010
5 Bond ETFs Worth a Closer Look
Michael Johnston • Thu, Apr 8, 2010 • 1 Comment
High Conviction: These ETFs Work Right Now
Brint Detwiler • Tue, Mar 30, 2010 • 18 Comments
ETF Stats for January 2010: 21 New ETFs
Ron Rowland • Tue, Feb 2, 2010 • 3 Comments
Matching Cash Flow Needs with a Bond Ladder
Richard Shaw • Tue, Jan 19, 2010 • 5 Comments

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MUAE Description

The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P AMT-Free Municipal Series 2016 Index. The Fund will mature on a pre-specified date, however the Fund does not seek to return any predetermined amount at maturity. The Fund will invest in AMT-Free, investment grade, noncallable national municipal bond debt.
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Country: United States

Key Info

In Your Portfolio: A Guide to Municipal Bond ETFs and Closed-End Funds, A Guide to Maturity-Date Bond ETFs
Asset Class Performance: Bonds

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Thursday, March 21, 9:24 AM iShares adds to its existing lineup of Target Date S&P Municipal Series. MUAG tracks an investment grade muni bond index comprised exclusively of issues maturing in 2018. Its expense ratio of 0.30% is in line with other iShares target date series ETFs, but higher than other municipal ETFs TFI (0.20%), MUB (0.25%), PRB (0.24%), NYF (0.25%). Comment!
Thursday, March 21, 9:13 AM Target-date-maturity municipal bond ETFs stretch out another year, with iShares launching a fund (MUAG) holding paper set to expire in 2018. The target-date funds distribute all net assets at maturity. The 2013-2017 funds are: MUAB, MUAC, MUAD, MUAE, MUAF. A 2019 ETF is in the works. Comment! [Financials]
Friday, April 8, 2011, 8:48 AM Investors pulled another $1.15B out of muni bond funds last week, the 21st straight week of outflows totalling more than $30B. Equity funds took in $7.7B, led by emerging market equities at $2.7B - the fourth-largest weekly tally in almost 20 years. 1 Comment
Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 8:48 AM If congressional hearings can be seen as a lagging indicator, investors may be right to be worried about the muni bond market: A House panel is holding a hearing this morning titled "State and Municipal Debt: The Coming Crisis?" 4 Comments
Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 8:51 AM To temper Jamie Dimon's bearishness on muni bonds, a bullish note from DoubleLine Capital's Greg Whitely, who says a blanket dismissal of the muni sector "would be a big mistake." The end of the Build America Bonds program "creates a very favorable supply/demand dynamic in a sector replete with liquid, high-quality and high-yielding bonds." 1 Comment
Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 8:36 AM "If you are an investor in municipals you should be very, very careful," JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns. He expects more municipal bankruptcies this year, as states contend with $140B in deficits. 3 Comments

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