Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

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...

Amid soaring issuance and waves of reinvestment dollars, municipal bond investors are encountering an environment that increasingly rewards those with sharp...

Municipal bond buyers are finding more ways to sleep well at night. In the first half of 2025, a growing share of new issues came to market with a...

If you’re wondering why municipal bond yields are so attractive, the answer might surprise you. Generally, municipal yields track Treasuries. That is, when...