NUW News and Press, Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Value Fund From 12/07/21

Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NUW) declares $0.0192/share cash dividend, includes $0.0205 SCTG and $0.1714 LTCG. Payable Dec. 31; for shareholders of record Dec. 15; ex-div Dec. 14. See NUW Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details see: Nuv...

Several Nuveen closed-end funds have declared additional cash distributions with the record, ex-dividend and payable date outlined below. The following dates apply to today’s distribution declarations: For more information, please visit Nuveen’s CEF homepage ...

Interest rate volatility prompted another month of negative total returns. Below-average issuance was counterbalanced by a slowdown in demand. November could provide opportunities ahead of seasonal strength in December and January. For further details see: Muni Seasonal ...

For investors who need to control their taxable income and AMT exposure, NVG is worth checking out. Nuveen offers three CEFs that follow an AMT-free strategy. As their bond ratings strategy differs, this article will compare all three after reviewing NVG in depth. While Municipal ...

Rising interest rates drove negative total returns. Supply and demand dynamics turned less seasonally favorable and acted as a headwind. More attractive valuations could provide near-term opportunity. For further details see: Munis Remained Tethered To Rates In September...

Interest in municipal closed-end funds (CEFs) vs. municipal bonds often stems from higher return potential - this is mostly due to the use of leverage in municipal closed-end funds. Leverage could potentially amplify both the fund's net asset value (NAV) and its distribution; however,...

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...

The US House Ways and Means Committee released their new 881-page tax proposal –there's some tricky stuff in it. If passed, the new top Federal rate in the US will be 46.4 percent, while the top capital gains tax rate appears it will be 31.8 percent from my calculations. NY...

While they may have become more common over the last 10 years, municipal defaults and bankruptcies still remain rare overall. The five-year all-rated cumulative default rate of municipal bonds throughout the study period (1970-2020) was unchanged at 0.08% and still remains very low. ...

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...