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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>Bond ETFs: Beware of a Bubble</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shaken by the financial debacle of 2008, jumpy investors turned to bonds and related exchange traded funds (ETFs) to safeguard what was left of their wealth. The problem with this scenario is that investors aren&#8217;t letting go of bonds, despite the changing investment atmosphere.
The Federal Reserve opted to leave interest rates unchanged for now, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Benefits of Muni Bond ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2009/04/the-benefits-of-muni-bond-etfs-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Municipal bonds are proving to be a winning asset class in the past year, as yields are decent and related exchange traded funds (ETFs) gave well-rounded, low cost exposure.
Retirees and income-oriented investors alike enjoyed gains averaging 4.6% in the six national, short and intermediate-term tax-free municipal bond ETFs on the market. Municipal bonds have been [...]]]></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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		<title>Timing Could Be Right To Add Muni-Bond ETFs To Your Portfolio</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2008/09/timing-could-be-right-to-add-muni-bond-etfs-to-your-portfolio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do municipal bond exchange traded funds (ETFs) have a place within your portfolio?
Fund companies have been churning out these new types of ETFs over the past year, and if you believe tax rates are going to go up, then these ETFs may look even more attractive, says Eleanor Laise for The Wall Street Journal.
The troubled [...]]]></description>
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