Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

While the smoke surrounding the Federal Reserve Board centers on short-term interest-rate policy, long-term yields – the key area for municipal bond investors...

We can’t predict the future. No one can, though that won’t stop legions of prognosticators from trying. So rather than offering another outlook, we present an...

Year-end isn’t just a time for tax forms and resolutions, it’s also when municipal bond investors can gather what the market has sown. While our decades-long...

Investors often joke that municipal bonds are as exciting as watching paint dry. But it’s no joke: Municipals are boring. Reliability, it turns out, is a...

Municipal bond insurance is staging a comeback, and it’s telling investors something important. Through the first three quarters of 2025, insured municipal...

With equities priced beyond “perfection,” is it any wonder investors are streaming into municipal bonds, preparing for when markets remind us that nothing...

Have you noticed a theme in municipal bond news lately? Market pros are inveighing against the “cost of waiting.” Yields may be easing and the...

Ignore the week-to-week headline-generating noise on the financial markets. The important story is a lot more boring – and heartening – for municipal bond...

While the big news this week was the Fed cutting interest rates, municipal bond investors should be mindful of the important signal behind it. Though the cut...

Remember the inverted yield curve? It’s history. After 18 months of unusual contortions, the market has righted itself. In fact, the curve has recently...