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Thread: Junk munis instead of equities

Started 1 month, 1 week ago by fluffyistaken
Would be interested in your opinions on junk munis (as a potential alternative to equities). Vanguard has a high-yield muni fund but it's still pretty high quality and not that high yield. However VanEck has this: http://www.vaneck.com/index.cf....p;rfl=/hyd 30 day SEC Yield 6.45% Tax equivalent yields: Tax rate 15% 7.59% Tax rate 25% 8.61% Tax rate 28% 8.96%...
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fluffyistaken replied 1 month, 1 week ago
Found this blast from the past: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-6478097.html and a few years later: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03....funds.html Exciting!

bog replied 1 month, 1 week ago
Question is whether you go with history or your personal perception of current conditions. As of 2008 (first 2 columns are Moody's for muni and corp, second two are S&P) CUMULATIVE HISTORIC DEFAULT RATES [In percent] ------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Moody's...

 

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Junk munis instead of equities
Published (2009-11-09 15:44:00)
Found this blast from the past: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-6478097.html and a few years later: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03....funds.html Exciting!
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Junk munis instead of equities
Published (2009-11-09 16:25:00)
Question is whether you go with history or your personal perception of current conditions. As of 2008 (first 2 columns are Moody's for muni and corp, second two are S&P) CUMULATIVE HISTORIC DEFAULT RATES [In percent] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Moody's S&P Rating categories --------------------------------------- Muni Corp Muni Corp...

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