Links

Debt and Municipal Bonds


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Associations

American Association of Individual Investors:
http://www.aaii.org/
Association for Investment Management and Research:
http://www.aimr.org/
Association of Financial Guaranty Insurors:
http://www.afgi.org/
Bond Market Association:
http://www.psa.com/
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
http://www.firna.org/index.htm
Municipal Analysts Group of New York:
http://www.magny.org/
National Association of Bond Lawyers:
http://www.nabl.org/index.html
National Federation of Municipal Analysts:
http://www.nfma.org/
North American Securities Administrators Association:
http://nasaa.org/
RMA (Risk Management Association):
http://www.rmahq.org/
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association:
http://www.sia.com/

Information resources

Bonds On-Line:
http://www.bondsonline.com/
E- muni:
http://www.emuni.com/
Investing in Bonds newsletter:
http://www.investinginbonds.com/
Market Data Corporation:
http://www.mktdata.com
Merritt Express:
http://www.merrittexpress.com
Municipal Consensus Scale:
http://www.magny.org/consensus_scale/
MunicipalTrade.com's Bond School:
http://www.municipaltrade.com/prog/library/index.jsp?DWSLay=5~
MuniNet Guide:
http://www.muninetguide.com
Thomson Municipal Market Monitor:
http://www.tm3.com/

Other
AFGI’s Glossary:
http://www.afgi.org/facts-gloss.htm
Bureau of the Public Debt (US):
http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/
Federal Reserve Bank of New York:
http://www.ny.frb.org/
Federal Reserve Board of Governors:
http://www.federalreserve.gov/
MAGNY’s Municipal Gateway:
http://www.magny.org/muni_gateway.html
MuniAuction:
http://www.muniauction.com
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board:
http://www.msrb.org/
Treasury Direct
http://www.treasurydirect.gov

Rating agencies

Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co.:
http://www.duffandphelps.com/
Fitch:
http://www.fitchratings.com
Moody’s Investors Service:
http://www.moodys.com/
Standard & Poor’s Rating Services:
http://www.standardandpoors.com/ratings