Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

During the Great Recession, futurists struck fear among some municipal bond investors by warning of dire financial obligations facing state and local...

Amid the trade tensions hammering stocks, analysts see a flip side -- a trade war safe haven, if you will: The municipal bond market. It wouldn’t be the first...

A funny thing is happening to interest rates. While the majority of economists and Wall Street pundits have relentlessly trumpeted their predictions of a...

Tobacco bonds, buffeted by the sagging fortunes of the companies that back them, could receive a boost after regulators approved a new smokeless device...

When he’s not steering monetary policy for the largest economy on Earth, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell likes tax free income for his own portfolio....

A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill that would authorize $5 billion in private activity bonds to rebuild schools, fire stations, courthouses, and...

Suppose you watched the TV weather forecast last night and were asked whether it would rain next year. Would you know what to say? We wouldn’t either. But...

The flight to municipal bonds is fueling the strongest muni market inflows in at least 13 years and is drawing investors from some unexpected places. Net...

When the president and Congress squeezed, taxpayers felt it – and moved to munis to ease their pain. Stung by the tax overhaul, investors are pouring funds...

For some, municipal bonds are baffling. Sure they make sense as part of investors’ portfolios – they generate income free of federal and, many times, state...