Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

An increasing number of municipal bond investors are taking advantage of an opportunity presented by the topsy-turvy stock and bond markets this year. Known...

Illinois’ once-beleaguered fiscal position received a vote of confidence as Fitch Ratings upgraded its General Obligation bonds to A-minus. With Fitch’s move,...

Just a few years after the pandemic outbreak, cities are making a “strong and sustainable” fiscal comeback as tax revenues surge, property values swell and...

It’s a challenging time for investors in closed-end municipal bond funds. The combination of rising interest rates and the structure of the funds themselves...

Individual ownership of municipal bonds climbed in the second quarter as investors pounced on munis “priced to perfection.” As of the end of June, households...

One of the nation’s most populous states – and a top issuer of municipal bonds – is showing strong fiscal signs post-pandemic. Soon after the onset of Covid,...

Will today’s plump municipal bond yields look puny down the road? We are often asked this question, and because it touches on the fundamentals of successful...

We have a question for those charging headlong into money-market funds and other short-term securities: What’s next? That is, as the economic environment...

Headlines heralding the stampede into money-market funds are obscuring unusual opportunities in the municipal bond market. For fixed-income investors, it can...

As yields climb to their highest levels in years, an increasing number of investors are assembling their own portfolio of municipal bonds with the assistance...