Higher taxes augment appeal of tax-free bonds; fate of BABs is uncertain..Municipal Bonds Look More Attractive Under Budget Plan - Barrons.com More BigCharts Virtual Stock Exchange WSJ Asia WSJ Europe WSJ Americas WSJ Chinese SEARCH Login: Password: Remember Me Forgot your user name or password? Subscribe Welcome, My Account/Billing Messages Logout Home Magazine This Week's Edition Past Editions Subscribe Daily Analysis All Coverage Barron's Take Weekday Trader Inside Scoop Hot Research Investors' Soapbox Blogs Columns Stocks To Watch Today Tech Trader Daily Focus On Funds Alan Abelson Gene Epstein Randall Forsyth Michael Kahn Tiernan Ray Michael Santoli Steve Sears Kopin Tan Investing Ideas Barron's Picks Pans Mutual Funds / ETFs Bonds Center Options Center Barron's Take Weekday Trader Rankings Reports Top Financial Advisors Barron's PENTA Most Respected Companies Barron's Roundtable Market Data Market Data Center Market Lab Economic Calendar Portfolio StockGrader Stock Fund Listings Daily Stock Alert About Subscribe Latest Issues Manage Subscription Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commerical use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool on any article or visit www.djreprints.com See a sample reprint in PDF format Order a reprint of this article now Up and Down Wall Street |TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2011 Munis a Rare Winner Under Obama Budget By RANDALL W. FORSYTH|MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR BABs' fate uncertain, but taxes are more likely to be higher than lower. Article Comments text size print email single page reprints get rss Subscribe Now With these readers: Or copy the rss link: Municipal bonds appear to be the only clear winner in the fiscal 2012 budget unveiled by President Obama Monday. The Bush-era tax rates, which got an eleventh-hour reprieve just before they were to expire at the end of last December, would rise at the end of the next fiscal year, which begins next Oct. 1. Higher taxes further magni...
