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JAMES COLBY

Portfolio Manager and Senior Municipal Strategist, responsible for Market Vectors municipal bond investments
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MUNICIPAL-ORIENTED ETFs

CEF Municipal Income ETF* XMPT 
High-Yield Municipal Index ETF HYD 
Intermediate Municipal Index ETF ITM 
Long Municipal Index ETF MLN 
Pre-Refunded Municipal Index ETF PRB 
Short Municipal Index ETF SMB 
*XMPT is a “fund of funds” and is subject to the risks of the underlying funds’ investments.
 

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Rotations and Bubbles - Friday, 02/22/2013

Many portfolio manager commentaries from large, well-known investment companies have, over the past several weeks, generated thoughts about the murky future of the markets and economy. Several appear to lead with the suggestion that an unseen hand is poised to pull on a figurative lever to categorically change broad strategy (asset allocation) from bonds to stocks; this would be called "The Great Rotation." Others offer suggestions that the current strategy of asset allocation, which has taken us to significant returns over the past 24 months, is about to combust; this would be called "Bursting the Bubble." Because of the eye-catching phraseology involved, I fear that readers may feel that these potentialities are faits accomplis.

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Migratory Patterns - Thursday, 02/14/2013

Let's give credit where credit is due: recently, Forbes published an article that to some might seem like the kind of article that sits on the shelf until there is a slow news day and the editor is looking for a filler piece. In fact, this article raises a number of important points that, in my opinion, all touch upon the national economic recovery and just may be the locus of the revival of small business and wealth creation.

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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished - Tuesday, 02/05/2013

Looming under the somewhat Byzantine headline name, Sequestration, are automatic cuts to government spending that may include planned reimbursements to state and local issuers of Build America Bonds (BABs). BABs are taxable municipal bonds, authorized as a stimulus program under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The federal government promised rebates to the issuers equal to 35% of their interest costs as an incentive to raise capital for "shovel ready" projects. Many market participants considered it to be a highly successful program.

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The income generated from some types of municipal bonds may be subject to state and local taxes as well as to federal taxes on capital gains and may be subject to alternative minimum tax.

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