Rating System: D - Design | E - Ease of
Use | V - Value
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BONDS
BondAgent.com
www.taxfreebond.com
Online bond brokerage offers free research tools including a municipal bond primer,
taxable equivalent yield calculator, and rating definitions
D-7 | E-8 | V-7
Bondsonline
www.bondsonline.com
Pulls info about the fixed-income market from other sources, especially Reuters, Bridge
and Interactive Data. Includes data on federal, municipal, and corporate bonds. Could
benefit from more content and original research. Some paid services available as well.
D-8 | E-8 | V-7
Bondtrac
www.bondtrac.com
Handy free search tool lets you find bond offerings nationwide based on their rating,
available block size, location, type and other criteria. Annoying frames-based structure
is confusing
D-6 | E-5 | V-8
BradyNet
www.bradynet.com
One stop shop for gathering information about Brady bonds, the Third World debt
instruments issued by the U.S. government. Site includes daily Brady bond updates from
financial news services, such as Fitch and Bridge, and brokerages, such as J.P. Morgan and
DLJ. Includes board and chat rooms.
D-6 | E-7 | V-9
Bureau Of The Public Debt
www.publicdebt.treas.gov
Find about and even buy - commission free - federal debt instruments such as savings
bonds, treasury bills, treasury notes and treasury bonds. Treasury Direct service lets
investors set up accounts and trade government securities over the Web.
D-7 | E-8 | V-9
E-Muni
www.emuni.com
Excellent site for investors interested in the municipal bond market. News section fed by
wire services as well as proprietary sources. Includes list of new issues as well as
library containing information about older bonds. Document retrieval system ($25 a month)
lets you search archives
D-8 | E-8 | V-9
Fitch IBCA
www.fitchibca.com
Site of international bond-rating agency includes updates on securities worldwide. Covers
1,000 banks and financial institutions, 400 corporations and 50 nations.
D-8 | E-8 | V-6
Investing in Bonds
www.investinginbonds.com
Sharp combo of practical and educational tools found amid the bureaucratic rumblings of
the Bond Market Association. Primo collection of bond-related tools and links. Pricing
data on muni bonds and U.S. Treasurys offered. Check out the educational section although
the bond research areas is complicated and not very timely to boot. Instead, check out the
press releases section of the related www.bondmarkets.com
D-9 | E- 8 | V-10
J.J. Kenny Data Request
Service
http://staging.jjkenny.com
Searches against the entire bond rating service's Kenny database of some 1 million
municipal bonds, allowing you to enter search variables and criteria. The site is marred
by weird, cumbersome navigation.
D-6 | E-6 | V-8
Rating System: D - Design | E - Ease of Use | V - Value
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