Attention, All Municipal Bond Speculators

Yikes! I hadn’t realized that the credit default swap market is pricing the default risk of some municipal debt higher than some troubled European countries!

Source: The Economist (click to enlarge)

The prospect of some states defaulting over the next ten years is something that is new. Maybe things really are different this time. Is your investment policy equipped to handle a left-field event like this?


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