BlackRock’s Hayes Sees `Turnaround’ in Muni Bond Market

May 5 (Bloomberg) — Peter Hayes, a managing director at BlackRock Inc., discusses the outlook for the municipal bond market and investment strategy. Hayes speaks with Betty Liu and Dominic Chu on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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S&P DOWNGRADES US CREDIT RATING TO AA+ 8-6-2011

More NEWS at www.newzzcafe.com We now enter an entirely new phase of Gold, the gate to which is 84 an ounce. – Jim Sinclair. Standard & Poor’s took the unprecedented step of downgrading the US government’s “AAA” sovereign credit rating Friday in a move that could send shock waves through global. . . . → Read More: S&P DOWNGRADES US CREDIT RATING TO AA+ 8-6-2011

US DOWNGRADED BY EGAN-JONES RATING AGENCY 7-18-2011

More NEWS at www.newzzcafe.com While others huff and puff, and threaten to do what had to be done ages ago, the one truly independent and capable NRSRO, Egan-Jones, downgraded the US from AAA to AA+ over the weekend. “We are taking a negative action not based on the delay in raising . . . → Read More: US DOWNGRADED BY EGAN-JONES RATING AGENCY 7-18-2011

STEVE KROLL: US TO LOSE AAA CREDIT RATING BY JUNE 2011 12-29-2010

Today’s conversation on mainstream media was focused on the US losing its AAA rating by June. That would mean Moody’s and Fitch have six months to live. Steven Kroll, managing director at Monness Crespi Hardt & Co., and Matt Shapiro, president of MWS Capital, talk about US stock and bond markets . . . → Read More: STEVE KROLL: US TO LOSE AAA CREDIT RATING BY JUNE 2011 12-29-2010

Corso Sees Treasuries as `Troublesome’ Investment

Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) — Cliff Corso, chief executive officer of Cutwater Asset Management Corp., talks about investing in the municipal bond and Treasury markets. He speaks with Margaret Brennan on Bloomberg Television’s “InBusiness.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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