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Funds 309: Municipal Bond Funds

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1.
Municipal bond funds contain more general obligation bonds than revenue bonds.
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False. Generally, they contain more revenue bonds, since revenue bonds are much more common.
2.
The bonds in municipal bond funds are issued by the federal government.
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False. States and smaller units of government issue them.
3.
A "tax-free fund" is likely to be a municipal bond mutual fund.
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True. Most tax-free funds invest in municipal bonds.
4.
The lower a bond issuer's credit rating, the lower its bond coupon rate.
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False. The lower the credit rating, the higher the interest rate; this is how issuers with low credit ratings attract investors.
5.
Municipal bond funds include all of the following except _______.
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Corporate bonds. Companies in the private sector issue corporate bonds; that is why they cannot be included in municipal bond funds.