A municipal bond, or "muni," is a fixed-income security that pays a specified amount of interest and returns the principal to the holder on a specific maturity date. Most munis are sold in minimum ...

What Are the 2 Main Types of Municipal Bonds? Most municipal bonds fall into one of two categories—general obligation and revenue—based on how repayment funds are to be sourced.

For example, if you invest $5,000 in a 10-year municipal bond paying 5% interest, you've lent $5,000 for 10 years. In return, the municipality will pay you $250 annually in interest -- typically ...

Investors have sold municipal bonds to such a degree that the Bond Buyer's 20 bond index, which tracks municipal bonds, was yielding 5.36% in early October. That was up from 4.62% a month ago and ...

The median time for issuers in all municipal bond sectors to produce audited financials rose nearly 10.5% from 2011 to 2022, according to a new report.

A housing authority bond is issued by a state or local government to finance the construction or the rehabilitation of affordable housing, or to help low-income individuals buy a home.

Woe be to the municipal bond investors who forgot the De Minimis Tax Rule. It has been 10 to 15 years since municipal bonds traded at discounts to their $1,000 face value for a lengthy period of time.

Click to enlarge. The first example is for an 11-year bond with a 5% coupon rate purchased at 1.362 YTM. The dollar price of this bond would have been 137.047 (in dollars that would be $1,370.47).

An investor who wants to earn a guaranteed interest rate for a specified term could purchase a fixed-rate Treasury bond, corporate bond, or municipal bond.