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Tax-Free Bonds: Why Now is the Time to Buy Munis
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Buy tax-free bonds – now.
- Buy them through Vanguard if you are a mutual fund investor. (The average fund company charges expenses six times higher than Vanguard’s.)
- If you are a closed-end investor, try a tax-free fund like Nuveen Insured Municipal Opportunity Fund (NYSE: NIO) trading at a 10% discount to its net asset value and yielding over 6% paid monthly.
- Or, to avoid annual expenses and have the certainty of a final value on a particular date, buy individual tax-free bonds.
But, whatever you do, buy them – now.
Tax-Free Bonds: Why It’s Time To Buy Them…
23Jun2009 | Investment U | 0 comments | ContinuedThe View From China: As its Securities Regulations are Modernized, the Red Dragon’s Profit Potential Will Soar
HONG KONG – The question came to me as I was standing on the floor of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange here. I’d be willing to wager that quite a few investors – both within China and back in the United States – are wondering about this, as well.
Here it is: Will China implement a long-rumored capital-gains tax, and risk (another) major sell-off as a result?
Only Beijing’s inner circle knows for sure, and that only stokes investor speculation. The uncertainty can lead to rampant, knee-jerk sell-offs each time the scuttlebutt of an “imminent” tax surfaces. And those rumors have been surfacing…
13May2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | Continued
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