Zions Direct Announces Municipal Bond Auction Results

Zions Direct ( www.zionsdirect.com ), the online broker-dealer that allows its customers to purchase municipal bonds in its daily web-based auctions, announces their weekly auction results. In auctions closed from August 8, 2011 to August 12, 2011, investors purchasing municipal bonds in the auctions received average tax-exempt yields 0.85 percentage points, or 85 basis points, higher than similar bonds as reported by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB).

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 Auction Issuer Term Rating Yield MSRB Difference (basis Avg Yield points)
Allen, Texas 1 Month AA 1.00% 0.32% 68
Kaufman County, Texas 6 Month Insured AA 1.00% 0.35% 65
Half Hollow Hills Cent Sch Dist, NY 21 Month AA 1.89% 0.63% 126
Charleston Edu Excellence Fin Corp, SC 4 Month AA 0.88% 0.32% 56
Carroll County, Maryland 4 Month AA 0.99% 0.32% 67
Fort Worth, Texas 7 Month AA 0.99% 0.32% 67
Lincoln & Sagadahoc Multicounty Jail Auth, ME 2 Year A 3.18% 1.32% 186
Central Weber Sewer Imprv Dist, UT 7 Month Insured AA 0.95% 0.35% 60
University of Arizona 22 Month AA 1.55% 0.63% 92
Pima Cnty, AZ COP 5 Month AA 1.25% 0.32% 93
Marple Newtown School Dist, PA 7 Month AA 1.35% 0.32% 103
South Jordan, UT - Municipal Building Authority 20 Month AA 1.59% 0.63% 96
Massachusetts Health & Ed Fac Auth 2 Month A 0.90% 0.79% 11
State of Connecticut 10 Month AAA 1.24% 0.33% 91
West Bountiful City, UT 18 Month AA 1.34% 0.44% 90
Average Difference 85

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