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Rising interest rates pressured bond prices in October. Record-high monthly issuance was well absorbed amid strong demand. We expect a favorable supply-demand backdrop through year end. For further details see: Munis Overcome A Glut Of Issuance
The White House is still not decided. This was "prime time" for the blue wave conversations entering the bond market. Municipal bonds aren't hurt as much as they are not helped. A second stimulus bill that would include additional aid for state and local governments will be ha...
MFS Municipal Income Trust (MFM) declares $0.026/share monthly dividend, -3.7% decrease from prior dividend of $0.027.Forward yield 4.94%Payable Nov. 30; for shareholders of record Nov. 18; ex-div Nov. 17.See MFM Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details se...
In years with presidential elections, we take a deeper dive into how the national election could impact state and local governments. Political risk is also an important component of our analysis, as the political party makeup of the executive and legislative branches can have a large ...
While most polls have Vice-President Biden ahead by 6-7% points, we know the race has the potential to be much closer. A higher marginal rate should also flatten the muni yield curve over time as the demand for longer-dated paper increases because of the benefits it provides on a taxa...
MFS Municipal Income Trust (MFM) declares $0.027/share monthly dividend, in line with previous.Forward yield 4.99%Payable Oct. 30; for shareholders of record Oct. 14; ex-div Oct. 13.See MFM Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details see: MFS Municipal In...
In U.S. high yield bonds we find the riskiest of credits. I have some concerns about municipal bonds and am particularly concerned about municipal pension bonds. Our 'Borrower's Paradise' is also good news for many leveraged ETFs and closed-end funds. For further details see...
" Municipal bond investors have to share the burden in state bailouts " writes my colleague Josh Rauh, and he is exactly right. Background: State and local governments borrowed a lot of money and blew it. They borrowed further by not funding their pensions. Now Covid comes along, people are ...
At the end of July, Moody's Investors Service released its annual municipal bond market snapshot, US municipal bond defaults and recoveries, 1970-2019, with updates through 2019. The report continues to affirm two hallmark benefits offered by muni bonds. First, municipal defaults and bankruptc...
New York (September 15) - One of the more troubling admissions of Federal Reserve Chair Powell at his speech last month was his acknowledgement that "r-star" (r*), or the "natural" rate of interest, had fallen by some 50% since 2012. As Chair Powell described it: This rate (the r*rate) ...
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2024-06-26 15:20:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
MFS ® High Income Municipal Trust (NYSE: CXE), MFS ® High Yield Municipal Trust (NYSE: CMU), MFS ® Investment Grade Municipal Trust (NYSE: CXH), and MFS ® Municipal income Trust (NYSE: MFM) announced today that each fund will complete one or more optional parti...
2024-06-16 16:42:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...