Zero coupon municipal bonds can be attractive to investors who wish to buy at deep discounts and require no regular income stream. Learn about how zero coupon municipal bonds may fit into your portfolio.
A revenue bond is a type of municipal bond that is guaranteed for repayment through revenues generated solely by the revenue directly associated with the purpose of the bond.
A special assessment bond is a type of municipal bond which are used to financially support a development project and the interest is payable to the investors through taxes levied on the community benefiting from the bond funded project.
A general obligation bond is financially secured and guaranteed by state or occasionally local government and their agreement to use authentic and legal resources to honour bond repayment agreements.
Municipal bonds have fairly low risk as they are normally involved in government or national projects and therefore backed by some serious collateral. In this article we explore the risks, repayment sources and obligations of municipal bonds.
Municipal bond investing would normally involve funding governmental or national projects. Municipal bond issuers are in charge of the issue and distribution of municipal bonds, they can either be the project owners themselves or agents acting on their behalf. In this article we explore municipal bond investing and the issue and issuers of such bonds.