General obligation bonds are secured by the pledge of the issuer's taxing powers. More commonly the general obligation bonds of local governments are paid from ad valorem property taxes and other local general revenues. The analyst can make a generalization about the investment quality of the bond...
Summary This chapter provides the analytical framework for determining the structure and credit quality of municipal bonds that have been refunded. Refunded bonds are discussed in terms of: the general structure of an escrow fund, the reasons why bond issuers refund their bonds, the two major ...
The performance of the intermediate- and long-term funds shows whycash isnota good substitutefor bondsin a crisis, defying the claims of many commentators who couldn’t see the point of bonds because interest ratesjust hadto return to normal after the Global Financial Crisis. Ignore-the-crystal...
We are in decumulation and for rebalancing our approach now is to only sell equities when we are overweight, not to buy when underweight. Historically just drawing down on the cash/bonds has worked well compared to conventional rebalancing when bear markets have dragged on for many years, but ...
Series I bond issued after 1989 to payqualified higher education expenses, interest on insurance dividends left on deposit with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and interest on some bonds used to finance government operations. However, even when it’s not taxable, interest must be ...
In general, all brokerage firms in Malaysia are more or less similar in their service offerings. You are able to trade ordinary shares, preference shares, warrants, exchange traded funds (ETFs), exchange traded bonds and sukuk (ETBS), stapled securities, and real estate investment trusts (REITs...
These are the expenses directly related to the sales you’ve made. Suppose you’re selling electronics. Thecost of goods soldis the cost of the electronics yousellwithin a financial year. And this is important. It’snotthe cost of the electronics youboughtin the year. ...
Can you advise how shall I sell and how to monitor the price of this stock. Do I need to open a new brokerage account when I want to sell the shares? Do I have to mail back the scripts when the shares are sold? Thank you. Regards Jenny Reply July 21, 2017 at 9:58 am Hi Je...
If you’d like to own physical gold as a retirement asset, a gold IRA might be a good vehicle, but you should understand that it takes time and effort to set up the account and conduct due diligence on potential custodians and dealers. It will also take time to sell the gold and rece...