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By John Ceffalio Tough times are ahead for municipal bond issuers. The recession—sparked by the coronavirus-led shutdown of the US economy—will temporarily reduce most tax and fee revenues pledged to bondholders. Continuing negative headlines will also drive issuer ratings d...
In light of public health concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic and to support the well-being of our shareholders and communities, Putnam Investments announced today that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) for each of the Putnam closed-end funds listed belo...
Passing the CARES Act and enabling the Fed to buy municipal bonds are two steps toward a robust response to COVID-19 and its adverse economic impact. Skanda Amarnath is the Director of Research and Analysis at Employ America, Yakov Feygin is the Associate Director of the Future of Capitalis...
Originally published March 26, 2020 I want to begin by saying that, despite the disquieting events of the past three weeks, the structure of municipal bond ETFs, which have proven to be both efficient and effective in the delivery of tax-free income, remains intact. Up to this point, neith...
By Mark Paris, Chief Investment Officer, Head of Municipal Strategies, Invesco Fixed Income The world was a different place only a few weeks ago. Municipal bond funds had experienced 60 straight weeks of inflows - a record streak totaling around $75 billion. 1 But fast forward to the ...
Until very recently municipal bonds were a very different experience, finishing 2019 with a 14-month run of positive net inflows 2 , equating $95 billion into open-end mutual funds and exchange traded funds. 2020 is also setting flow records, although from an outflow perspective, with Friday...
By John R. Mousseau, CFA The municipal bond market has suffered one of the most dramatic back-offs it has ever seen; and it was accomplished in about nine business days. The rise in yields has been dramatic and fierce and had lots of elements to it. This is a quick synopsis of some of the ...
Last week was a wild one in the municipal bond market. Investors withdrew some $12.2 billion, marking the end of more than a year of inflows that saw $130 billion enter the market. Yields spiked as traditional liquidity providers retreated and some mutual funds and ETFs became forced sellers. ...
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Effective July 15, 2024, Putnam Investment Management, LLC (“Putnam Management”) has transferred its management contracts with the Putnam closed-end funds to Franklin Advisers, Inc. (“Franklin Advisers”) (the “Transfer”). Both Putnam Management and Frankl...
The following Funds announced today their share repurchase activity during the second quarter of 2024. The Funds seek to enhance shareholder value by repurchasing their common shares when trading at a discount to the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) per share. All repurchas...
2024-06-02 08:38:00 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...