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		<title>Muni Bond ETFs Continue March Higher</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/muni-bond-etfs-continue-march-higher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Municipal bond exchange traded funds are seeing money move in and low defaults have the sector enjoying its best start to a year since 1990 in terms of performance.
&#8220;Investors are rushing  back to municipals as evidenced by strong inflows of $6 billion in  January. A combination of factors are boosting investor demand: a lower  supply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muni Bond ETFs Trading In Choppy Water</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/01/muni-bond-etfs-trading-choppy-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The municipal bond exchange traded fund (ETF) market experienced a fair amount of turbulence on the heels of the Fed&#8217;s quantitative easing. Still, ratings firms believe that most municipalities will pull through.
Municipal bond-related investments have experienced high volatility in the past couple of weeks as a result of the high debt burden of states and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Despite Meltdown, Some Still Bullish on Muni ETFs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Municipal bond exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been whacked hard in a sell-off that sent them tumbling below their 200-day averages. Despite all that, some say now is the time to buy.
Investors are scared right now, and those who are the most frightened are selling their municipal bonds. If they&#8217;re feeling contrarian, they&#8217;ve been going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muni Bond ETFs: The Diversified Option</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/10/muni-bond-etfs-diversified-option/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As more states and localities seek income, municipal bond exchange traded funds (ETFs) have becoming increasingly popular. Recent information, however, underscores the need for more due diligence when it comes to investing in the bonds.
Disclosure is often substandard and information isn&#8217;t vetted as intensively as in stock markets, say David Reilly and Liam Denning for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muni Bond ETFs: A Crisis in the Making?</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/07/muni-bond-etfs-crisis-making/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rising yields on certain U.S. municipal infrastructure bonds reveal growing concerns among investors that some local governments are facing a greater risk of default, which might give municipal bond exchange traded fund (ETF) investors some pause.
A relative increase in some bonds reflects skepticism among some analysts that some regions will be able to pay back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States In Fiscal Distress; Muni Bond ETFs Scrutinized</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2010/04/states-in-fiscal-distress-muni-bond-etfs-scrutinized/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Municipal bonds have been long used as a tax shelter for high-net worth investors, but the backers of these bonds have fallen on hard times. States and cities that issue municipal bonds are in fiscal distress, and investors are taking a closer look at these  securities and related exchange traded funds (ETFs).
Some states have taken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Market Vectors Drops the &#8216;Lehman&#8217; Name from ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2008/10/market-vectors-drops-lehman-name-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A line of exchange traded funds (ETFs) have undergone a &#8220;name simplification,&#8221; but behind the scenes, it&#8217;s business as usual.
Market Vectors&#8217; family of municipal bond funds have erased the Lehman name from its portfolios.
 Index Universe staff reports that the shortened names for the muni bond ETFs coincide with a stock split already completed on [...]]]></description>
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