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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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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...
I make no political comment. None, as in Zero. My attention is fully focused on the markets and what is driving them, as we proceed through our hectic summer. It is clear to me, in this pursuit, that certain actions are pushing the markets one way and another, fiercely, depending upon the surg...
By John R. Mousseau, CFA As we come to the end of the second quarter of 2020, the pandemic is still with us, with cases are rising in the South and the West in a resurgence of the virus, amid further issues involving social unrest. Today, we take a look at the tax-free municipal bond marke...
By Nicholas Bucklin, CFA, Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income; Daniel Workman, CFA, Vice President, Portfolio Manager Franklin Templeton Fixed Income In the municipal bond market, the issuance of green bonds has provided an attractive solution for investors ...
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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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