Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

Municipal bond investors who parked their funds in money markets awaiting a flood of new issues and soaring interest rates will be disappointed once again...

Is bond insurance worth it? Fair question. After insurers were rocked by bad bets on risky debt back in 2008, incredulous investors questioned the value of...

When you think about it, it’s staggering. For at least a decade, billions of investable dollars have languished in tax-free money market funds earning next to...

If the 30-year bull market in bonds is over, someone forgot to tell foreign investors. They’re piling into munis like never before. According to Federal...

As federal regulators consider allowing banks to hold municipal bonds as part of the new liquidity rule, we urge them to understand the potential consequences...

Buoyed by an agreement to extend the credit for Puerto Rico’s power authority, the commonwealth’s general obligation bonds are on the upswing. GO bonds,...

For muni investors frozen on the sidelines waiting for a spike in yields, it appears that day is not close at hand. Municipal bond issuance has hit a 13-year...

Puerto Rico is working on a plan to strengthen its Government Development Bank (GDB). According to Bloomberg, the proposal calls for Puerto Rico’s...

Puerto Rico’s debt has been downgraded in the wake of the new law passed by the commonwealth that enables its public corporations to restructure their bonds....

Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla has proposed legislation that would provide a clear framework for certain public corporations to overcome their...