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Race to the Bottom Bonds

June 12, 2013 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Illinois issued $600 million in sales-tax backed municipal bonds yesterday. The state’s motto is “State Sovereignty, National Union”. With deals like this piling up it’s going to take a national union to bail it out. I recommend that you stay away from blue-state munis. Kelly Nolan of The Wall Street Journal, writes:

Illinois sold a 10-year bond at a yield of 2.94%, 0.75 percentage point more than triple-A-rated debt on a benchmark scale kept by Thomson Reuters Municipal Market Data, as of Monday’s close.

The so-called Build Illinois bond sale received a top triple-A rating from Standard & Poor’s, and the second highest investment-grade rating of double-A-plus from Fitch Ratings. Market participants said the state paid a premium on the sales-tax bonds because of its fiscal troubles.

Legislators in Illinois again failed to pass pension overhaul recently. Last week, both Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service cut the state’s rating on its general-obligation bonds down a notch because of the state’s inaction.

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E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zildjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris.

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