Online Broker TradeKing Gives Investors Access to Wide Breadth of Previously Hard to Reach Information on Municipal Bonds

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Online broker-dealer TradeKing (www.tradeking.com) announced today it now offers DPC DATA’s MuniPOINTS® abstracts and MuniDOCS® Online documents as part of its Fixed Income toolset, disclosing all material facts about market transactions related to municipal bond offerings, or “munis,” directly at the point of investing.

“When it comes to trading ‘munis,’ it is more important than ever for investors to get access to the breadth and depth of information they need to make informed decisions”

MuniPOINTS delivers easy-to-read deal summaries containing "just the facts" in bullet-point text, excerpted directly from the official bond offering statements with no analytical content. In addition, MuniPOINTS offers one-click access to all related primary and secondary market disclosure information, including material event notices, via the MuniDOCS Online portal. Both information resources are offered free of charge and can be found in the Fixed Income portion of the TradeKing site under the Trading menu.

“When it comes to trading ‘munis,’ it is more important than ever for investors to get access to the breadth and depth of information they need to make informed decisions,” said Roberto Donovan, Chief Compliance Officer of TradeKing. “By offering MuniPOINTS and MuniDOCS Online, we solve that problem for clients interested in trading municipal fixed income securities. It’s exactly the type of enhancement we value most at TradeKing – taking something that was previously cumbersome or obscured for investors and making it simple, accessible and transparent for all.”

MuniPOINTS and MuniDOCS Online are developed by DPC DATA Inc. (www.dpcdata.com), the leading provider of disclosure-related data products and specialized data services to the municipal industry.

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