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...
Muni Bonds News and Perspectives
Below are bond market commentaries, strategies and analyses written by our municipal bond specialists. They are listed by date.
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Message to Municipal Bond Investors
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...
Maximizing Muni Yields in 2024
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...
Munis Soaring as Year-End Nears
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...
Tax Swap End-of-Year Option
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...
Boost for Another Large Muni Issuer
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,...
Cities’ Finances ‘Strong and Sustainable’
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...
Investors Battered by Closed-End Muni Funds
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...
Individuals Pouncing on Munis ‘Priced to Perfection’
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...
A Top State Showing Strong Fiscal Resilience
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,...
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