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Municipal Bonds Quotes

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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“An economy should be regenerative by design. That's what a permaculture economy is.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: business, circular-economy, hendrith, hendrith-smith, mayflower-plymouth, municipal-bonds, permaculture-economy
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“From an investment perspective, every bond should be a green bond.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: esg-quotes, hendrith, hendrith-smith, investment, municipal-bonds, permaculture-economics, sustainability
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“Biosolids integration presents one of the biggest opportunities for courageous municipal leadership.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: biosolids, cities, hendrith, hendrith-smith, mayflower-plymouth, municipal-bonds, municipality
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“From a municipal bond perspective, linear economies are less investable.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: circular-economy, economics-philosophy, hendrith, hendrith-smith, investment, mayflower-plymouth, municipal-bonds, municipality, permaculture-economy
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“Municipalities with permaculture economies experience greater economic growth through the increased revenues from circularity.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: circular-economy, cities, hendrith, hendrith-smith, mayflower-plymouth, municipal-bonds, municipality, permaculture-economy
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“Human activity should not only protect the environment, but actively improve it.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: environment, esg-quotes, hendrith, hendrith-smith, mayflower-plymouth, municipal-bonds, permaculture-economy
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“Efficiency is as important to the management of a municipality as it is to the management of a business.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: business, efficiency, hendrith, hendrith-smith, investors, mayflower-plymouth, municipal-bonds, municipality
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“Every mayor of every city should work to ensure that businesses can thrive in their city.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: cities, hendrith, hendrith-smith, municipal-bonds, municipality
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“Transportation systems are a major area of opportunity for cities seeking to issue sustainability bonds.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: cities, economic-development, hendrith, hendrith-quotes, hendrith-smith, municipal-bonds, transportation-systems
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“From an investment perspective, every bond should be a net value adder to social dynamics.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: bonds, hendrith, hendrith-quotes, hendrith-smith, investments, municipal-bonds
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“Bond issuers should have good systems in place for the management of proceeds.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: bond-issuers, hendrith, hendrith-quotes, hendrith-smith, hendrith-smith-quotes, investment, management, municipal-bonds, municipality
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“For Cities, the presence of good leadership is a plus for the G in ESG, and it makes the city a better bond issuer.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: cities, hendrith, hendrith-quotes, hendrith-smith, hendrith-smith-quotes, investment, leadership, municipal-bonds
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“For Cities, the ability to mitigate the effects of natural disasters is a plus for the E in ESG and an indictor of bond quality.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: cities, hendrith, hendrith-smith, investment, municipal-bonds, natural-disasters
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“Bond issuers that prioritize ESG standards may improve their access to financing while lowering their cost of capital.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: bond-issuers, cost-of-capital, esg-quotes, financing, hendrith, hendrith-smith, investment, mayflower-plymouth, mayflower-plymouth-capital-llc, municipal-bonds
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“The quality of a Municipal Bond is partially determined by the quality of the issuing governments economy.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: cities, economics, government, hendrith, hendrith-smith, investment, mayflower-plymouth, municipal-bonds, municipality
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“The quality of a Municipal Bond is partially determined by the quality of leadership responsible for the municipality.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: hendrith, hendrith-smith, investment, leadership, mayflower-plymouth, municipal-bonds, municipality
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“There is a correlation between the fiscal wellbeing of municipality and the economic wellbeing of a municipality.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: hendrith, hendrith-smith, investment, mayflower-plymouth, municipal-bonds, municipality
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“Economic growth should be paired with cycles of reciprocal production and consumption.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: business, circular-economy, economic-growth, economics, hendrith, hendrith-smith, mug-shot, municipal-bonds, permaculture-economy
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“Having circularity in an economy allows municipalities to widen the margins between revenues and expenses.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: circular-economy, circularity, hendrith, hendrith-smith, investors, municipal-bonds, permaculture-economy
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“The cities that are managed more like businesses are the cities that prosper.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: cities, hendrith, hendrith-smith, investors, mayflower-plymouth, municipal-bonds
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“Fiscal discipline is a vital element of well run city, especially in regard to outstanding municipal bonds.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: cities, fiscal-discipline, fiscal-responsibility, mayflower-plymouth, municipal-bonds
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“Municipal Bond investment risk is substantially influenced by socio-politics.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: business, fixed-income, hendrith, hendrith-smith, investors, municipal-bonds, socio-politics
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“Cities where businesses can thrive are cities where people want to live.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: cities, hendrith, hendrith-smith, investment, municipal-bonds, municipality
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“Cities that exist in harmony with nature are also most welcoming to people.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: cities, hendrith, hendrith-smith, mayflower-plymouth, municipal-bonds
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“High ESG standards are especially important in large municipal projects offering revenue bonds.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: esg, hendrith, hendrith-smith, investors, mayflower-plymouth, municipal-bonds, municipal-projects
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“The guarantee of tax revenues can make city leaders complacent, and so city leaders must actively work to embrace a critical desire to serve tax payers the way business leaders desire to serve customers and with the same sense of urgency.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
tags: cities, hendrith, hendrith-smith, mayflower-plymouth, municipal-bonds, municipality
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“The structure of various governments intricately influences the municipal bond landscape, creating a tapestry of opportunities and challenges for investors.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Bond ing: The Power of Investing in Bonds
tags: bond-investing, hendrith-smith, investing, municipal-bonds
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“The bond market plays a pivotal role in the global economy. It provides a vital source of capital for governments and corporations, enabling them to fund infrastructure projects, expand operations, and pursue innovation. Bond yields also serve as benchmarks for other interest rates, influencing borrowing costs for businesses and consumers alike.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Bond ing: The Power of Investing in Bonds
tags: bond-investing, corporate-bonds, investment, municipal-bonds
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“Riots, urban blight, and racial inequality raised the cost of municipal borrowing. The only way to lower it was to address the underlying structural causes, which would be paid for by selling bonds. But to sell more bonds, especially during a time of escalating interest rates and market volatility, meant adding to the burdens of city taxpayers.”
― Destin Jenkins, The Bonds of Inequality: Debt and the Making of the American City
tags: cities, municipal-bonds
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“Debt payments were sacrosanct, not because keeping the promise to lenders was more honorable than serving the people, but because bondholder power was of greater concern to municipal officials than the outrage of ordinary residents. Fixed obligations to both lenders and social services were expensive, but only social welfare was coded as such.”
― Destin Jenkins, The Bonds of Inequality: Debt and the Making of the American City
tags: cities, municipal-bonds
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