NXQ News and Press, Nuveen Select Tax Free Income Portfolio II From 07/27/20

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There's no way to overstate just how much the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our daily lives and the broader economy - and the municipal market is no exception. To take stock of where the muni market is now and what we should look for going forward, we turned to Baird Municipal Analyst Mike S...

Of all of the Fixed-Income markets, Municipals are the most disjointed. Yes, there are some large state issues, where liquidity can be found, but there are also very small issues, from small municipalities, that are not only general obligation bonds but also revenue bonds from school districts...

By John R. Mousseau, CFA As we come to the end of the second quarter of 2020, the pandemic is still with us, with cases are rising in the South and the West in a resurgence of the virus, amid further issues involving social unrest. Today, we take a look at the tax-free municipal bond marke...

By Nicholas Bucklin, CFA, Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income; Daniel Workman, CFA, Vice President, Portfolio Manager Franklin Templeton Fixed Income In the municipal bond market, the issuance of green bonds has provided an attractive solution for investors ...

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By Daryl Clements Caught in the COVID-19 economic downdraft, the municipal market suffered unprecedented volatility in March. Since then, however, demand for higher-grade municipal bonds has soared, driving the Bloomberg Barclays AAA Municipal Index up 11% between its March 23 low and May ...

By Mark Paris, Chief Investment Officer, Head of Municipal Strategies, Invesco Fixed Income , and Timothy Spitz, Product Director We examine the state of the municipal bond market over the past few months. The municipal bond market has seen a nice recovery in investment-grade names ...

By David Ambler, Matthew Norton Default rates by municipal bond issuers have been remarkably low over the years. It's an impressive track record, and it explains why defaults by municipal issuers Puerto Rico and Detroit have made front-page news when they happen-they're actually quite rare...

By Patricia Healy, CFA, Senior Vice President of Research and Portfolio Manager Municipalities derive their revenues from many sources. At the state level, sales taxes, personal income taxes, and corporate taxes are the largest sources of revenue; and there are other taxes and fees that st...