MAV News and Press, Pioneer Municipal High Income Advantage Trust of Beneficial Interest From 09/20/21

Modestly negative performance in August capped a robust summer seasonal period. Issuance exceeded expectations, resulting in less of a supply/demand imbalance than is typical. We maintain a defensive posture into the historically less favorable month of September. For furthe...

Amundi US today announced the dates and times for webinars for financial advisors and investors regarding its Pioneer closed-end funds. The purpose of these webinars is to discuss the performance of the funds year-to-date and their current positioning. The webinars will include a questi...

Only funds with coverage >100% are considered. Top lists of discount, yield, DxY and DxYxZ are given. Only one fund with >100% coverage had a negative z-score this month. FPL could be worth a look. For further details see: The Quality Closed-End Fund Report, Au...

The option-adjusted-spread ((OAS)) on the investment grade or high-grade corporate bond index, is presently about 95-100 bps better than the equivalent Treasury. As of last Friday, August 27th, 2021, the BBB OAS was yielding about 104 bp’s over equivalent Treasuries, which shou...

Stocks finished the week up nicely with the S&P 500 up nearly 1% and the Nasdaq up just over 1%, for all new record highs. The biggest worry lately in the markets (outside of Covid) has been valuations. But in the last 9 months, the market has actually become cheaper. Taxable ...

The intensity of the income need only grows as investors move closer to - and enter - their retirement years. While diversified credit portfolios offer benefits, the potential drawdowns could be too much for some investors’ risk tolerances. For tax-sensitive investors, the ...

The high yield municipal market’s resiliency passed its latest test in the COVID-19 pandemic. Most municipal borrowers began to feel a financial impact from the Coronavirus by the second and third quarters of 2020. The concentration of defaults in one sector affirms our bel...

Rallying interest rates drove strong muni bond performance in July. Market dynamics remained seasonally favorable, with demand for munis broadly outpacing supply. A more defensive posture may be warranted ahead of elevated risks in the fall. For further details see: Muni...

The muni CEF space is largely buy-and-hold (or long-term rental agreements). But right now, there's a lot of dislocation in the sector. Some funds are extremely expensive while others are relatively cheap. Making swaps makes sense to rotate into the better opportunities and see more d...

From January 1995 through June 2021, Treasury rates rose more than half a percentage point over a two-month period at a frequency of nearly 9%. Simply put, when money sleeps, it stops working for you. As a muni investor, you need your money to work hard. For further details ...