Richard Ciccarone, publisher and founder of Muni Net Guide.com, was recently honored with the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award by SMITH’s Research & Gradings
Greater citizen access to government information is the theme of Sunshine Week, which will take place the week of March 12-18. The Sunshine Week web site includes “Bright Ideas†– examples of articles, ads, and more designed to promote openness in government.
The municipal bond market had a strong year in 2005, spurred on by low long term interest rates. The year was particularly favorable for the state of California, which took advantage of low long term yields and represented half of all bond issues.
With the launch of its redesigned web site,) feature, users can search the database by sector, credit name, state or code, and then purchase individual credit financial and ratio reports in spreadsheet format for $50. Monthly observations, benchmarks, industry trends...