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title: "5 Municipal Bonds Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [By the mid-1950s, the young bond traders on the Street were becoming more and more of a fraternity. We organized informal luncheons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-e-simon/by-the-mid-1950s-the-young-bond-traders-on-the-street-were-becoming/)

[William E. Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-e-simon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/william-e-simon-18151_bond_by-the-mid-1950s-the-young-bond-traders_202718.jpg)

> [ The tax-exempt privilege is a feature always reflected in the market price of \[municipal\] bonds. The investor pays for it. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-d-brandeis/the-tax-exempt-privilege-is-a-feature-always-reflected-in-the-market/)

[Louis D. Brandeis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-d-brandeis/)

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> [Public borrowing is costly these days, true, but interest rates on municipal bonds are still considerably lower than those borne by corporate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-frank/public-borrowing-is-costly-these-days-true-but-interest-rates-on/)

[Thomas Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-frank/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/thomas-frank-4078_borrowing_public-borrowing-is-costly-these-days-tr_1893822.png)

> [Enacted in 1994, the first of the MSRB rules bars employees of firms that underwrite state and municipal bonds from donating to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-kornacki/enacted-in-1994-the-first-of-the-msrb-rules-bars-employees-of-firms/)

[Steve Kornacki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-kornacki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/steve-kornacki-3435_bond_enacted-in-1994-the-first-of-the-msrb-ru_2092148.jpg)

> [I filed the MSRB Reform Act, along with Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Doug Jones, because the board that oversees the muni-bond market…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy/i-filed-the-msrb-reform-act-along-with-sens-elizabeth-warren-and-doug/)

[John Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/john-kennedy-6970_bond-market_i-filed-the-msrb-reform-act-along-with-s_2483518.jpg)

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