About muni bond, I do several questions which I hope you can answer:
(0) Compare MUNI bond fund, closed end fund and individual MUNI bond, what is the pros and cons for each one? I have a pretty big size porfolio which can afford me to buy individual bond to achieve diversity.
(1) MUNI bond fund
Could you please recommend several? I do some check and the dividend are all below 4%
(2) The 6% 20 Years MUNI Bond you mentioned:
Do you mean individual MUNI bond? I had bought some MUNI bonds in the past (still holding). I have never been able to sell any bond. I find out there is no "Good to Cancel" order for bond. So, you basically have to input a sell order everyday. The spread on the buy/sell is pretty big. Do you have anyway to deal with the liquidity part of problem? For example, if I want to rebalance from bond to stock and I cannot sell bond at reasonable price, then I still don't have money to buy stock when they are cheap.
(3)Zero coupon MUNI bond
What's your thought on this type of bond? I don't mind getting the pricipal and interest back in 20 years. The problem concerning me is that during this period, if the bond is downgraded or city is broke, there is no easy way to sell it without suffering big loss on the spread (which will be even bigger during stress time).