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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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Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on August 11, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors i...
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...
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BlackRock Advisors, LLC today announced that the reorganizations of each of BlackRock Maryland Municipal Bond Trust (“BZM”, CUSIP: 09249L105), BlackRock Massachusetts Tax-Exempt Trust (“MHE”, CUSIP: 09258E109), BlackRock MuniYield Arizona Fund, Inc. (“...
BlackRock Advisors, LLC today announced the declaration of a special distribution for BlackRock Maryland Municipal Bond Trust (NYSE: BZM), BlackRock Massachusetts Tax-Exempt Trust (NYSE: MHE), BlackRock MuniYield Arizona Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MZA), BlackRock MuniYield Investment Fund (NYSE:...
BlackRock Advisors, LLC announced today that, at a joint special meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) of BlackRock Maryland Municipal Bond Trust (NYSE: BZM), BlackRock Massachusetts Tax-Exempt Trust (NYSE: MHE), BlackRock MuniYield Arizona Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MZA), BlackR...