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- 07/15/04 - Worst Spreads for the 2nd Quarter of 2004
- 04/15/04 - Worst Spreads for the 1st Quarter of 2004
- 01/16/04 - Worst Spreads of 2003
- 01/16/04 - Worst Spreads for the 4th Quarter of 2003
- 10/15/03 - Worst Spreads for the 3rd Quarter of 2003
- 07/21/03 - Worst Spreads for the 2nd Quarter of 2003
- 04/17/03 - Worst Spreads for the 1st Quarter of 2003
- 01/21/03 - Worst Spreads of 2002
- 01/21/03 - Worst Spreads for the 4th Quarter of 2002
- 10/02/02 - Worst Spreads for the 3rd Quarter of 2002
- 07/11/02 - Worst Spreads for the 2nd Quarter of 2002
- 05/28/02 - Worst Spreads for the 1st Quarter of 2002
- 04/03/02 - Worst Spreads of 2001
- 09/03/02 - Worst Spreads of 2000
- 07/15/04 - Wide Spreads and Negative Yields in the Muni Markets
- 04/15/04 - Wide Spreads and Negative Yields Continue in the Muni Markets
- 03/22/04 - North Carolina Municipal Bond Deal Unfair to Investors
- 03/01/04 - Latest California GO Bond Deal Unfair to Investors
- 02/23/04 - MunicipalBonds.com Announces New Daily Report on "Tobacco Bonds"
- 01/16/04 - Secret Deal Cut Ten Years Ago Continues to Harm Investors
- 11/22/03 - State Treasurers Should Clean Up Their Own House; Municipal Bond Pricing, Disclosure
- 11/19/03 - MSRB Chairman Says Firms Specialize in Negative Yields, and Admits to Wide Price Spreads
- 07/21/03 - Negative Yields and Wide Spreads Plague the Muni Markets
- 05/27/03 - MunicipalBonds.com Fends Off Another Cyber Attack
- 04/17/03 - Letter to Bond Buyer/Editor: MSRB Chair Feinberg Inappropriate: "Urination" Comment
- 02/10/03 - American Investors Deserve Answers
MunicipalBonds.com Responds to its Critic -- the MSRB and its Executive Director Christopher Taylor - 01/21/03 - Worst "Two Trade" Spreads Do They Show Intent?
- 10/24/02 - MunicipalBonds.Com Issues an ADVISORY on California's Power Bonds
- 10/10/02 - MunicipalBonds.com Worst Municipal Bond Market Spreads for 3rd Quarter 2002
- 10/02/02 - Triple Red Flags; Worst Spreads 3Q/2002; Free State E-mails
- 09/16/02 - MunicipalBonds.com and Milberg Weiss Files Lawsuit Against Major Wall Street Brokerages for Unfair Pricing of Municipal Bonds.
- 08/20/02 - MunicipalBonds.com Calls on The Bond Market Association and Issuers Not to Break Tax Laws
- 06/19/02 - MunicipalBonds.com Calls for System of Municipal Bond Market Makers
- 05/20/02 - CUSIP Improvements requested by MunicipalBonds.com
- 03/27/02 - MunicipalBonds.com Back Online After Fending Off Attack
- 01/25/02 - Illegal Market Spreads And Mark-Ups In Municipal Bond Market
- 07/05/01 - MunicipalBonds.com: Centralized Database or "Super Index"
- 07/28/04 - Wall Street Journal: Bond-Pricing Case to Be Settled
- 07/09/04 - Bloomberg News: NASD Shows Broker Bids on Bonds Can Be Funny Things: Joe Mysak
- 07/07/04 - Bloomberg News: Regulator Details How Bond Buyers Are Shortchanged: Joe Mysak
- 07/01/04 - SEC: SEC Releases Staff Report on Transactions in Municipal Securities
- 06/30/04 - New York Times: 8 Investment Firms Are Fined in Sales of Municipal Bonds
- 06/29/04 - Reuters: Dealers settle muni charges for $610,000
- 06/29/04 - TheStreet.com: NASD Fines Brokerages Over Muni Bond Purchases
- 06/29/04 - Wall Street Journal: Eight Wall Street Firms to Settle Probe of Municipal-Bond Pricing
- 06/29/04 - NASD Press Release: Eight Brokerage Firms Pay Over $610,000 To Settle NASD Charges
- 06/29/04 - Bloomberg News: NASD Fines UBS, Merrill, 6 Others in Muni Mark-Ups
- 06/18/04 - Wall Street Journal: Price Markups Get NASD Scrutiny
- 04/21/04 - Bloomberg News: Municipal Bond Dealers Set to Listen to the Thunder: Joe Mysak
- 04/15/04 - NASD Issues Broker-Dealer Compliance Warning (PDF)
- 04/14/04 - Bloomberg News: Tobacco Bonds Rise With the Drumbeat of Bad News: Joe Mysak
- 03/25/04 - Wall Street Journal: Redemption Time: Muni-Bond Pest Makes an Impact
- 03/12/04 - CBS MarketWatch: Four Web sites for tracking elusive bond prices
- 03/11/04 - Baltimore Sun: Rainy day rescue called justified
- 02/18/04 - Bloomberg News: Muni Bond Dealers on Notice About Price Reporting: Joe Mysak
- 02/13/04 - Bloomberg News: Can the Muni Market Be Made Safe for Investors?: Joe Mysak
- 02/12/04 - San Francisco Chronicle: Pricey municipal bonds
- 02/12/04 - Wall Street Journal: Muni Bonds Can Cost More to Trade Than Stocks
- 02/11/04 - Reuters: U.S. muni market poised for real-time pricing
- 02/11/04 - Reuters: SEC report says real-time muni pricing would help
- 02/11/04 - Bloomberg News: U.S. Retail Muni Bond Trades Cost Five Times More Than Stocks
- 02/11/04 - Wall Street Journal: Bond Investors May Unlock More Information
- 02/09/04 - SEC: Municipal Bond Liquidity (PDF)
- 02/08/04 - San Francisco Chronicle: Scrutiny of muni bonds
- 02/06/04 - Wall Street Journal: Persistent Pitfalls
- 01/28/04 - Bloomberg News: MSRB Puts Dealers on Notice About Muni Bond Prices: Joe Mysak
- 01/27/04 - Wall Street Journal: Market Regulators Scrutinize Odd Muni-Bond Trading Patterns
- 01/26/04 - MSRB: MSRB Notice 2004-3 Review Of Dealer Pricing Responsibilities
- 09/05/03 - Bloomberg News: `Nobody Buys Bonds With Negative Return.' Really?: Joe Mysak
- 09/03/03 - Bloomberg News: Regulators Know What Bond Dealers Did Last Summer: Joe Mysak
- 08/15/03 - SEC: Commission Opinion: Excessive Markups and Markdowns
- 07/07/03 - Business Week Magazine: Munis: What's a Fair Price?
- 06/06/03 - Bloomberg News: Regulators, Dealers Set to Duel on Bond Prices: Joe Mysak
- 05/29/03 - Bloomberg News: Why Buy a Muni Bond With a Yield of -29%?: Joe Mysak
- 05/27/03 - The Federal Register: SRO: Proposed Rule Change by the MSRB Relating to Rule G-14, on Reports of Sales or Purchases
- 05/21/03 - Bloomberg News: Bond Dealers Dig in Heels on Price Transparency: Joe Mysak
- 05/13/03 - The Bond Buyer: MSRB Notice Due Out On Fair Pricing
- 05/12/03 - The Bond Buyer: TBMA Balks At MSRB's Pricing Plans
- 04/04/03 - The Bond Buyer: NASD Eying Tobacco Debt Trade Prices
- 03/13/03 - NASD Warn Broker-Dealers About Rules for Trade Reporting (PDF)
- 03/03/03 - MSRB Warn Broker-Dealers About Rules for Trade Reporting
- 11/10/02 - Dallas/Fort Worth Star Telegram: Murky munis
- 10/29/02 - The Bond Buyer: DWR Holds 2d Retail Investor Parley Before Next Week's Sale
- 10/17/02 - Bloomberg News: Airline Bonds Top `100 Worst Trades' List: Joe Mysak
- 10/17/02 - Wall Street Journal: Maverick in Munis Claims Overpricing
- 10/16/02 - Dow Jones Capital Markets Report: MUNI WATCH: Web Site Operator Tackles Dealers On Pricing
- 10/16/02 - Financial Times: Exploring the dark side of the Muni
- 09/29/02 - San Francisco Chronicle: State readies record energy bond issue
- 09/26/02 - San Francisco Chronicle: Milberg vs. Munis
- 09/17/02 - The Bond Buyer: Salomon, Others Sued Over Pricing: Plaintiffs Claim Markups Excessive
- 09/16/02 - Reuters: Investor Advocate sues banks, says muni buyers overcharged
- 09/16/02 - Bloomberg News: Citigroup, Merrill Sued Over Municipal Bond Trading Practices
- 09/01/02 - Bloomberg Markets: Buying Blind
- 09/01/02 - The Oregonian: Pitfalls can cost investors, especially in Oregon, which has a thin resale market
- 08/27/02 - Bloomberg News: Municipal Bond Investors Flee Stocks and Find Bigger Perils
- 07/12/02 - The Des Moines Register: Iowa Bonds Make Worst List
- 07/10/02 - Bloomberg News: Some Bonds Should Be Avoided. Some Dealers, Too: Joe Mysak
- 05/30/02 - Bloomberg News: Why Do Bond Buyers Say, `Take Me, I'm Yours'?: Joe Mysak
- 05/29/02 - Bloomberg News: Muni Bond Price Fluctuations Mystify Issuers: Rates of Return
- 05/28/02 - Bloomberg News: Muni Market's Scarcity of Data Makes Investors Wary
- 05/08/02 - The Federal Register: Proposed Rule Change by the MSRB to Change From Reporting 4 or More Trades to 3 or More Trades the Next Day
- 04/24/02 - Bloomberg News: Defining a `Reasonable' Muni Price: Rates of Return
- 04/22/02 - Bloomberg News: Do You Know What Your Bonds Are Worth? Are You Sure?: Joe Mysak
- 04/19/02 - Bloomberg News: Muni Bond Regulators to Reduce Price Reports' Errors
- 04/1/02 - Bloomberg News: Driven to Drink as Readers Suggest a Career Change: Joe Mysak
- 03/28/02 - Bloomberg News: Prices are Funny Things in Bond Market Rope-a-Dope: Joe Mysak
- 03/18/02 - Bloomberg News: Survey Shows It's Investor Beware in the Muni Market: Joe Mysak
- 03/13/02 - Bloomberg News: Web Site Lists the 100 `Worst' Municipal Bond Trades for 2001