NMCO News and Press, Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund From 12/10/20

Allocating to municipal bonds can be a fraught proposition of having to choose duration, credit quality, investment vehicle and other investment characteristics. This is why many investors short-circuit this process by choosing CEFs of a fund company they are familiar with. We tak...

With hundreds of open-end and closed-end funds in the tax-exempt sector figuring out the best allocation is a daunting task. Funds-of-funds, or funds that hold other municipal funds, are attractive in providing a way to quickly gain exposure to a basket of funds and eliminate an eleme...

With the odds against the Democrats winning both Senate seats in the Georgia runoff, the Biden administration will likely have to work with a Republican Senate majority to navigate various tax policy issues in the coming year. Infrastructure seems to be the one topic that a potentiall...

"High-yield" tends to be associated with corporate credit in investor income portfolios. However, the high-yield/unrated municipal sector is also worth a look. We discuss some benefits of HY muni bond CEFs over their corporate analogues such as relative valuation, higher-quality fund ...

Many of the policies that a president will ultimately decide can be impactful. For example, tax policy, which could impact a state or local government's ability to raise their own taxes and impact demographics. But another impact is that it can also increase the attractiveness of munis as...

The media has been rife with headlines foretelling revenue shortfalls and a cash crisis for battered state budgets. We look under the hood to better assess the status of the headline-grabbing states with the largest debt burdens. Bond investors are right to be concerned. For...

Rising interest rates pressured bond prices in October. Record-high monthly issuance was well absorbed amid strong demand. We expect a favorable supply-demand backdrop through year end. For further details see: Munis Overcome A Glut Of Issuance

We look at some broad CEF trends that have developed over the past year, such as performance relative to ETFs, as well as discount weakness. In our Income Portfolios, we continue to approach CEF allocation with a margin-of-safety perspective, while also diversifying into senior securi...

The White House is still not decided. This was "prime time" for the blue wave conversations entering the bond market. Municipal bonds aren't hurt as much as they are not helped. A second stimulus bill that would include additional aid for state and local governments will be ha...

In years with presidential elections, we take a deeper dive into how the national election could impact state and local governments. Political risk is also an important component of our analysis, as the political party makeup of the executive and legislative branches can have a large ...