NXQ News and Press, Nuveen Select Tax Free Income Portfolio II From 06/10/21

Municipals posted another month of positive performance amid range-bound interest rates. Fiscal stimulus and infrastructure uncertainty limited municipal issuance. Summer seasonal supply-demand dynamics have historically boded well for muni performance. For further details s...

Stocks eked out some small gains this week bringing the S&P 500 within a half a percent of the all-time high hit on May 7th. Discounts climbed back to their tightest levels of the last 8 years with munis starting to catch up to taxables. The spreads between the two are down to 1.4...

We review CEF market valuation and performance over the past week and highlight recent events. The CEF market continues chugging along, delivering strong returns over the month of May. We highlight individual fund news from the previous week. For further details see: CEF...

Risk-adjusted performance for the Global Market Index (GMI) continued to tick higher in May. GMI’s Sharpe ratio — a measure of risk-adjusted return – rose to 0.82 on a trailing 10-year basis through last month. That’s close to a pandemic high, but still...

The Boards of Trustees of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE: NXP), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 2 (NYSE: NXQ), and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 3 (NYSE: NXR) have approved a proposal to reorganize the funds. The proposed reorganization, if approved by s...

Average yields on 10-year AAA muni bonds rose less than half that of Treasuries year to date and hover just below 1%. Municipals remain attractive due to a combination of prevailing tailwinds and long-term fundamental strengths. Muni bonds cover a wide range of maturities and qual...

Munis posted another strong month amid falling rates and favorable market dynamics. Seasonal weakness typical of mid-April was averted due to the delayed tax-filing deadline. Although valuations appear rich, economic and political themes look positive for municipals. For fur...

Nineteen out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 12 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead while munis lag. Limited duration is the highest-yielding CEF sector. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: May 2, 2021

Diversification remains key. Flexible strategies can also take advantage of a more uncertain yield and spread environment. We continue to find reasonable opportunity in both public and private credit markets. We find value in non-agency mortgages and prefer cyclicals to growth sto...

Municipal bond investors are clearly worried about rising rates and rising inflation. The inflation component is also taxed at ordinary income tax rates, but here's the kicker there: you don't receive the benefit of it the year that it's realized. As yields are rising - and inflat...