Investor Toolkit

The MSRB’s Investor Toolkit provides investors with basic information about navigating the municipal market. The toolkit is designed to help investors gain confidence in their ability to evaluate, purchase and monitor municipal bond investments, and learn how to use the EMMA® website to locate additional information and resources.
 
What-to-Expect Video Series
 
Watch a video series about what investors should expect from brokers when engaging in municipal securities transactions.
 
  • NEW EMMA Video: Appropriate Recommendations
    This video explains the obligation of financial professionals to recommend appropriate municipal securities investments to their clients.
 
  • NEW EMMA Video: Fair Prices
    This video explains the obligation of financial professionals to offer fair prices on municipal securities to their clients.
 
  • NEW EMMA Video: Information about Features and Risks
    This video explains the obligation of financial professionals to provide all relevant information about a municipal security investment to their clients.
  
Get Started
 
The MSRB's Investor Guide introduces investors to the municipal securities market and highlights the important things to know to successfully navigate this market.
 
 
Understanding the Risks
 
Purchasing municipal securities involves costs and risks that investors should understand fully.
 
  
Learn More about the MSRB
 
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) protects investors, municipal entities and the public interest by promoting a fair and efficient municipal market, regulating firms that engage in municipal securities and advisory activities and promoting market transparency. 
 
 
Discover the EMMA Website
 
The Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA®) website is the official source for municipal disclosures and market data.
 
  • NEW EMMA User Guide
    This guide is a starting point for investors new to the EMMA website. 

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