iShares launches a new actively managed municipal bond ETF
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 1:30PM CST
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Investing In Short Term Bond Funds - What You Need To Know
Learn Bonds - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 12:12AM CST
At last, the Federal Reserve has ended the Quantitative Easing program. This may have serious implications for fixed income investments and interest rates. Many investors believe that the Fed will increase short term interest rates in 2015 and...
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Contagion And Confidence
Douglas Tengdin - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 09, 11:49AM CST
Whatever happened to the muni meltdown? Four years ago there was mounting hysteria regarding municipal finance. Jefferson County, Alabama; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and Stockton, California—places with hundreds of thousands of...
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Market Review And Outlook: 3rd Quarter, 2014
Samson Capital Advisors - Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 24, 11:07AM CDT
[Originally published 10/20/2014] The 3rd quarter of 2014 could have been one of great turbulence and uncertainty. It opened with a confluence of geopolitical happenings that ordinarily would have jolted the markets. Instead, the stock and bond...
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Detroit agrees to deal with major holdout creditor
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AWK, THS, SUB Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Up In the Next Five Weeks
M2 - Tue Sep 23, 3:29AM CDT
BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the Seasonality of American Water Works Company Inc (NYSE:AWK), TreeHouse Foods Inc (NYSE:THS), iShares S&P Short Term National Municipal Bond ETF (NYSE:SUB) and each have a high seasonal probability to go Up in the next weeks. By identifying stocks that are poised to go up or down based on seasonal tendencies, traders can increase their odds of making money. SqueezeTrigger.com is able to analyze over 20 years of data in less than 1 second for any stock in the market and determine if the stock has a long or short seasonal bias, how many trading days the move is expected to last, the probability of that move and the percentage move the stock is expected to make based on the seasonal bias. The technology used to generate these predictions is available for a low monthly fee at:
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iShares Files for Another Short Term Municipal Bond ETF - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Fri Sep 12, 7:00AM CDT
Inside the latest ETF filing from iShares which is targeting the muni bond space.
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