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.

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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