VPV News and Press, Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust From 07/07/20

Municipal Market Overview We have made no secret that the municipal bond sector is one of our favorites. It has been hard to feel confident in this space in the last couple of months due to both liquidity concerns at the outset and credit concerns more recently. Munis were hit by the thoug...

Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on June 22, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. Chemist's "Quality" Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus close...

While some officials have floated the idea of starting to re-open the economy around May, that won't including the Northeast states, which are currently the U.S. epicenter of the coravirus pandemic. More news on: Nuveen New York AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund, BlackRock New York Municipal ...

(Please note that this report was issued on March 28th to members of Yield Hunting.) I just want to reiterate to members that I am not buying (other than a few individual muni bonds and preferred stocks), and I do not necessarily advocate buying at this point unless you can look long ter...

Introduction Over the past week, the market participants did not seem interested in safer assets such as municipal bonds. The appetite for higher yields was again on focus as the volatility caused by the coronavirus was normalized. Throughout the article, you are going to see that the pe...

Introduction The investors preferred the safer asset classes such as municipal bonds due to fears of the impact of the coronavirus. The first day of the week led to a serious decline in the prices of riskier assets, and this fact left some room for an increase in municipal bonds. Also, the...

(This report was published to members of Yield Hunting on Jan. 12. All data herein is from that date. This is a rare posting of our weekly commentary with a two-week lag). Macro Picture The conflict in the Middle East appears to be subsiding, allowing the volatility index to retreat b...

Introduction Over the past year, the municipal bonds showed a very strong performance, and they managed to increase their prices significantly. The end of the year is a fact, and it is very interesting to see what will be the performance of the sector in 2020. Of course, the policy of the ...

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. Currently, we are cautious when we choose o...

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 a...