Marilyn Cohen

You buy municipal bonds for tax free safe income. But when rates rise and bond prices fall to a certain level then the IRS has a rule you need to know.

Investors, rather than being fearful of higher interest rates, invest in some fix-to-float bonds.

Trying to find yield in the bond market today is like trudging through a parched desert in search of an oasis. Here are a few split rated bonds whose future prospects look very good and they actually sport acceptable yields.

Bondholders usually get paid a handsome premium when bond issuers exercise make whole calls. Here's one example of how to do just that.

It’s challenging finding bonds that have acceptable yields. Here's an idea you may not have thought of that should boost your portfolio.

In today's environment it's getting hard to find yield. Here's one way you don’t often read about: orphaned bonds.

Extend your maturities in this low interest rate environment with airline bonds. Here's how to reduce risk and increase yield.

These nose-bleed-high municipal bond prices in California, New York, New Jersey, Oregon, and Minnesota are literally erasing the tax advantages they were intended to create.

Inflows into global bond funds is on pace to reach the staggering record of $455 billion in 2019. The past 10 years saw only $1.7 trillion in inflows. Marilyn Cohen shows why following the herd into bond funds is a bad idea.

Investors will probably be surprised to learn of this little known fact about general obligation bonds.

Knowing how much your broker earns on your bond trades has finally arrived.

Most bond investors are painfully aware that mergers and acquisitions are great for shareholders, but most often not so great for bondholders. Questions arise if additional debt is issued to finance a deal. Is it too much? Will the balance sheet become bloated? Will the rating agencies downgrade the acquirer? Even [...]

With Chairman Bernanke’s open-end, zero percent interest rate policy, we are experiencing bond issuers of all credit quality tendering and/or calling their bonds. So what should investors do?

Takeovers can be great for shareholders. But unless your bonds have a Change of Control provision,you could get slammed.

Meredith Whitney has gotten a lot of flack because she shouted fire in a crowded theater of municipal bond investors. But it was a much needed wake up call.

If you think rates are headed down, owning these makes sense. Stick most in tax-deferred accounts.

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