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Funds 309: Municipal Bond Funds

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1.
Municipal bond funds earn less than corporate bond funds because their bonds are _______.
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Tax-free. Issuers of municipal bonds can afford to offer less because investors will save money on taxes.
2.
The collateral for revenue bonds comes from the projects that they fund.
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True. The tolls, rents, etc. serve as collateral in the event of default.
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.
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.
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.