The Coming Municipal Bond Crisis

The following segment was on CBS’s 60 minutes last night and discusses the likelihood of a state and local funding crisis, which Meredith Whitney predicts will begin in the next 12 months. The municipal bond market is one of the most opaque in the investing world and is subject to strong political machinations. Ms. Whitney nailed it with Citibank and at Meritas Advisors, we think that her detailed analysis of this market warrants serious attention.

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Lenore Hawkins, Chief Macro Strategist
Lenore Hawkins serves as the Chief Macro Strategist for Tematica Research. With over 20 years of experience in finance, strategic planning, risk management, asset valuation and operations optimization, her focus is primarily on macroeconomic influences and identification of those long-term themes that create investing headwinds or tailwinds.

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