The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board on Monday unveiled a one-stop shop web site to help advisors and clients learn the basics about municipal bonds:
By consolidating existing MSRB educational materials into a single location, the regulator said advisors and investors should find it easier to get a basic education on municipal bonds and find quick answers to the most common questions.
Among the most useful features are videos, a fact sheet library and a municipal bond dictionary.
Topics covered on the web site include:
•Features and risks of municipal securities
•Lifecycle of a municipal bond
•529 college savings plans
•Preparing to invest in bonds
•Buying and selling municipal bonds
•Monitoring municipal securities