Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

Have you tried to figure out what’s in store for the economy? It’s an exercise many attempt but few, if any, succeed. Worse, for municipal bond investors, it...

Municipal bond insurance grew 10.4% last year and reached its highest level in 15 years, lifting both issuers and investors. The two biggest municipal bond...

If watching bond market yields made you dizzy in 2023, we understand. At the beginning of last year, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield was at 3.87%. It...

Can looking back this year help investors move forward in 2024? We think it can. Several months ago, we sounded a warning on what might happen to investors...

Although it’s as difficult as ever to know where the economy is headed, one thing is clear: Municipal bonds are on a tear. Prices, which move in the opposite...

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...