Joe Mysak

Encyclopedia of Municipal Bonds

A Reference Guide to Market Events, Structures, Dynamics, and Investment Knowledge

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An accessible reference that explores every aspect of the municipal bond market

Until now, there has been no accessible encyclopedia, dictionary, nor guide to the world of municipal bonds. Comprehensive and objective, this groundbreaking volume covers the history and mechanics of the municipal market in clear and understandable terms. It covers all aspects of the market, including pricing, trading, taxation issues and yields, as well as topical events such as the financial crisis, hysteria about defaults and Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy, fraud, and regulation.

Encyclopedia of Municipal Bonds also contains entries on important historical events and provides much-needed context for this field.
Everything you ever wanted to know about municipal bonds in one comprehensive resource
Joe Mysak is the author of the Bloomberg bestseller Handbook for Muni Issuers
Demystifies the world of municipal bonds for both the novice and professional investor
Explores issues such as the Orange County bankruptcy, the Jefferson County default, the New York City financial crisis, and the surprisingly recent creation of the modern municipal market

Encyclopedia of Municipal Bonds offers an essential reference guide for investors, professionals, regulators, insurers, and anyone else involved in the municipal bond market.

Produktdetails

• Bloomberg Professional
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9781118006757
• ISBN-10: 1118006755
• Artikelnr.: 34104089

Autorenporträt

JOE MYSAK joined The Bond Buyer in 1981 as a copy editor and learned about municipal bonds from the ground up, eventually rising to editor and publisher of the newspaper. In 1994, he founded a series of municipal market-related biweekly newsletters for the Interest Rate Publishing Corporation. In 1999, Mysak joined Bloomberg News as a columnist. He is also the author of the book Handbook for Muni-Bond Issuers.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix Introduction xiii A 1 ability to pay acceleration
additional bonds test advance refunding advertised sale "All bonds go to
heaven" Ambac AMT appropriation arbitrage Arkansas Default of 1933
auction-rate securities auction sale authorities B 14 bank-qualified basis
points Baum pools Bell, California, pay scandal bid rigging black-box deals
blind pools Blue List BOCES bond anticipation notes bond banks The Bond
Buyer Bond Buyer indexes bond counsel "Bond Daddies" bond purchase
agreement bond year book-entry-only system Bradford zeroes Build America
Bonds C 28 CAFR calls Canadian interest cost capital appreciation bond
capital gains certificates of participation Chapter 9 charter schools
closed-end funds cogeneration projects colleges and universities community
development districts competitive sale computers constitutional protection
of tax-exemption convention centers CPI-linked municipals cram-down credit
default swaps credit enhancement current refunding CUSIP D 43 "Deadly Sins"
debt per capita default Denver International Airport Dillon's rule dirt
bonds disclosure Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Mrs. Dodge E 52 elections EMMA escrow churning escrowed to maturity F 63
feasibility studies Fed Flow of Funds report Ferber trial 50 percent coupon
financial advisers fiscal year 501(c)(3) issuers flipping floaters/inverse
floaters flow control G 71 garbage gas prepayment bonds GASB general
obligation GFOA golf courses government census guaranteed investment
contracts H 78 Hammersmith Heartland fund implosion house museums I 84
"Ideas in public finance blow in from the West" indenture Indian tribes
industrial development bonds initiative and referendum insider trading
insurance interest inverse floaters investment pools issue price issuer
concentration J 101 Jefferson County, Alabama K 109 Kentucky Department of
Finance v. Davis L 111 laddering last looks lease financings legal opinion
letters of credit liens limited obligation M 115 market activity Marks-Roos
Mello-Roos mini bonds moral obligation mortgage bonds MSRB Municipal
Assistance Corporation municipal utility district mutual funds N 122
negotiated sale net asset value net interest cost New Jersey pension
obligation bonds of 1997 New Jersey Turnpike scandal of 1993 New York City
financial crisis of 1975 NRO O 131 official statement OPEB open-end funds
Orange County, California original issue discount out-of-state authorities
P 142 par pay-to-play pension obligation bonds pensions "People don't buy
municipal bonds to get rich; they buy municipal bonds to stay rich"
Philadelphia trial PIT bonds preliminary official statement premium bonds
premium laundering prerefunded bonds price to the par call pricing
principal private placements Proposition 21/2 Proposition 13 public-private
partnerships Puerto Rico pyramid bonds Q 162 Qualified School Construction
Bonds; Qualified Zone Academy Bonds R 163 ratings the ratio Recalibration
of 2010 redemption refunding repudiation reserve fund retail order periods
revenue bonds RFPs risk factors rollover Rule 15c2-12 rum bonds S 174 Saco,
Maine scales sealed bids secondary market serial bonds William F. G. Shanks
stadiums state intercept programs swaps synthetic fixed rates T 181 take
and pay, take or pay takedown tax anticipation notes tax caps tax-exemption
tax increment financing taxable municipals taxable tails tender-option bond
programs term bonds Texas Permanent School Fund tobacco bonds toll roads
total return tourist attractions Tower Amendment trick coupons true
interest cost trustee U 197 ultra vires underwriters unfunded pension
liabilities V 200 value per capita variable-rate demand obligations W 203
Washington Public Power Supply System waste-to-energy facilities Who owns
municipal bonds? willingness to pay window bonds Y 209 yield burning yield
curves yield to maturity Z 213 zero-coupon bonds About the Author 215