Financial Institution Regulations

Locate a U.S. municipal bond. You can use this bond screener to search for a municipal bond. Provide a description of the bond, the bond’s current yield, the bond’s yield to maturity, and the bond’s credit rating. Is the bond an investment-grade bond? How can you tell? Do you think that the bond will experience much interest rate risk? Please justify your decision.
When federal, state, and local governments issue securities, what key roles do they play in the financial markets?
How do these decisions affect you?

Deliverable Length: 600–800 words

Yahoo! Finance. (2011). Bond screener. Retrieved from http://screener.finance.yahoo.com/bonds.html

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Introduction

Municipal bonds are debt securities issued by the municipality, the county or even the state to help in financing its capital expenditure which in most cases include the improvement and construction of infrastructure and public amenities. There are various types of municipal bonds with some attaching numerous risk and others being very attractive especially to high income investors.

The Indianapolis Ind Loc Pub Impt Bds

The Indiana bond was offered by the municipal council. Its first coupon was offered in February 2008. This bond has attracted many investors due to its maturity rate and its terms of payment. This bond was offered…..

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