Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

Municipal bond investors who fear interest rate risk should keep this figure in mind: $14 trillion. That’s the amount of global debt currently being held that...

While much of the country ramps up its borrowing, state and local governments are continuing their penny-pinching ways as outstanding municipal bond debt...

It’s never a good time to build a short-term bond ladder, but can you picture how investors who did are faring amid today’s market turmoil? Just as their...

When the Fed raised interest rates last year, we cautioned municipal bond investors it wasn’t what it seemed. We knew many investors, trying to time the...

In a market saturated with bonds selling above par, it’s surprising so many investors are unaware that premium bonds provide the best value in today’s...

A tighter muni supply doesn’t mean investors can’t find the bonds they want. In fact, supply might not be an issue at all. More demand, fewer issues fuel...

During the Great Recession, futurists struck fear among some municipal bond investors by warning of dire financial obligations facing state and local...

Amid the trade tensions hammering stocks, analysts see a flip side -- a trade war safe haven, if you will: The municipal bond market. It wouldn’t be the first...

A funny thing is happening to interest rates. While the majority of economists and Wall Street pundits have relentlessly trumpeted their predictions of a...

Tobacco bonds, buffeted by the sagging fortunes of the companies that back them, could receive a boost after regulators approved a new smokeless device...