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By Daryl Clements Caught in the COVID-19 economic downdraft, the municipal market suffered unprecedented volatility in March. Since then, however, demand for higher-grade municipal bonds has soared, driving the Bloomberg Barclays AAA Municipal Index up 11% between its March 23 low and May ...
By Mark Paris, Chief Investment Officer, Head of Municipal Strategies, Invesco Fixed Income , and Timothy Spitz, Product Director We examine the state of the municipal bond market over the past few months. The municipal bond market has seen a nice recovery in investment-grade names ...
By David Ambler, Matthew Norton Default rates by municipal bond issuers have been remarkably low over the years. It's an impressive track record, and it explains why defaults by municipal issuers Puerto Rico and Detroit have made front-page news when they happen-they're actually quite rare...
By Patricia Healy, CFA, Senior Vice President of Research and Portfolio Manager Municipalities derive their revenues from many sources. At the state level, sales taxes, personal income taxes, and corporate taxes are the largest sources of revenue; and there are other taxes and fees that st...
During periods of economic uncertainty, near-term decisions can determine the nature and durability of the recovery that drives long-term credit quality. I believe there is some cause for optimism for recovery in the municipal bond market. There may be many bumps in the road, but fears of many...
Looking to raise about $750M across several maturities today, Illinois is reportedly paying 5% to sell paper coming due in 2021 - that would be several hundred basis points above benchmark rates (U.S. two-year yields are at 0.16%, for instance). More news on: iShares National Muni Bond ETF...
(This report was published on April 29 to members of Yield Hunting. All data herein is from that date except the commentary in the update near the end.) Both Blackrock and Nuveen have reported their UNII and coverage data for March. The data is a bit different as the Nuveen muni CEFs sho...
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2024-06-25 05:00:43 ET Some of our favorite high-yield dividends just did something stunning: They sent their investors’ payouts soaring—in some cases by more than 30% overnight. All of these high-paying dividend growers are municipal bond funds , a corner of the m...
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