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A sharp sell-off to start the year has pushed down municipal bond valuations and muni closed-end funds to discounts, presenting an attractive entry point for investors seeking tax-exempt income. Muni CEFs borrow money at short-term interest rates and invest the proceeds in muni bonds ...
Rating agencies reported that upgrades outpaced downgrades in 2021. The decline in the stock market produced concern that pension funding may decline, and the rise in inflation may reduce benefits. The shorter bonds can be sold to take advantage of large outflows from mutual funds...
Sanofi (SNY -0.0%) has filed a Citizen Petition with the FDA asking the agency to change the labeling of Seqirus' Fluad flu vaccines as a confirmatory post-market study failed to confirm clinical benefit. The Fluad vaccine was approved under the FDA's accelerated approval pathway in 2015. Tha...
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 ...
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...
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...
The muni bond market is complex, fragmented and in a constant state of change. It has more than one million individual bond issues outstanding, representing more than 50,000 distinct issuers. One of the biggest challenges facing investors today is finding the right bonds to buil...
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BOSTON , March 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The merger of Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund II (NYSE American: EIV) into Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund (NYSE American: EIM) was completed at the close of the New York Stock Exchange on March 22, 2019 . The merger was based upon the Fund...
BOSTON , March 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund II (NYSE American: EIV) today announced the following final pre-merger distribution. As previously announced, EIV shareholders approved the Fund's merger into Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund (NYSE American: ...
BOSTON , March 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- At a Special Meeting of Shareholders held on February 28, 2019 , shareholders of Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund II (NYSE American: EIV) approved the merger of EIV into Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund (NYSE American: EIM). The merger is ...