MZF News and Press, Managed Duration Investment Grade Municipal Fund From 11/01/18

The current U.S. economic expansion is now the second-longest in the postwar era, and while it may have more room to run, we believe a recession is likely over the three- to five-year horizon. As U.S. taxpayers think about positioning their portfolios, we see three key reasons why the tax-ex...

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There's more than one way to invest in municipal bonds. Closed-end municipal funds seek to provide higher levels of income, and short-term volatility can present attractive entry points for long-term investors. Municipal bonds offer multiple benefits to income-seeking investors-high qualit...

By John R. Mousseau, CFA In a year when we have seen commentators talking about the relative flatness of yield curves, we have a conundrum when we look at the US Treasury yield curve and the US muni yield curve (shown here as the Bloomberg AA general obligation yield curve). Curve 1 belo...

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Moody's Investors Service's recently released annual municipal bond market snapshot, US Municipal Bond Defaults and Recoveries, 1970-2017, with updates through 2017, reaffirms two hallmark benefits that muni bonds continue to offer. First, muni bonds continued to be highly rated in 2017, wit...

By Stephanie Larosiliere, Senior Client Portfolio Manager on Aug 24, 2018, in Fixed Income Tax reform created a rush of issuance last year Recently, municipal bonds have performed well despite increased market volatility and a rising interest rate environment that saw the 10-year U...

Managed Duration Investment Grade Municipal Fund (the “Fund”) (NYSE: MZF) today announced the timing of the payment of the liquidating distribution to preferred shareholders. As previously announced, these steps are being taken in connection with the liquidation of the Fund pur...

Introduction Over the past few months, most of you have noticed our increased activity in closed-end funds as the inflow of volatility finally shook them up and created various arbitrage, and directional, opportunities for active traders like us. Now that these products have grabbed our ...

President Trump reached an understanding with the European Commission this week, potentially averting an escalating trade war. The meeting in Washington, eased tensions caused by the US administration's threats to impose tariffs on car imports from Europe. Under the proposed agreement, the EU ...