Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

A new rule intended to increase transparency in the municipal bond market is instead creating some fog. The rule, which takes effect next month, attempts to...

Do successful municipal bond investors need a clairvoyant? It’s a notion that has legs - or so it seems, judging from recent online posts by some...

To foreign investors, there’s nothing foreign about U.S. municipal bonds. Repelled by low and sometimes negative interest rates in their home countries,...

Anxious municipal bond investors hanging onto the Fed chief’s remarks heard more of a siren song than a signal to buy. It’s true Jerome Powell thinks...

Did munis lose their shine, or are they an ideal investment for our times? Has supply cratered, or will the market expand? If you’re an investor following the...

With the ink barely dry on a new law limiting municipal bonds, there’s movement afoot in Congress to reverse course, and the administration is even looking to...

Remember the flood of municipal bonds issued at the end of 2017? Don’t look for a repeat in 2018. In fact, expect the flow to slow dramatically. As investors...

As uncertainty continues to surround the ever-changing tax overhaul plan, municipal bond issuers aren’t taking any chances: They’re conducting a gusher of...

What’s behind the rush of investors snapping up a flood of municipal bonds? It’s simple: The supply of munis is about to drop dramatically. Beginning next...

If Congress wants private dollars to help fund a massive investment in infrastructure, they have a funny way of showing it. The tax exemption on private...