In this third of a three-part 2026 municipal bond outlook series, Market Intelligence analyst Jeff Lipton explains how ...

Michael Decker, senior vice president for research and public policy at the Bond Dealers of America. The year 2025 has been "a good year" for municipal securities regulation – a representative of one ...

We expect the credit quality of municipal bonds to be stable as we head into 2026 but with pockets of weakness as the myriad ...

The first wave of Japanese local government issuers selling municipal bonds this year will face some of the highest funding costs in decades, as market yields rose after the Bank of Japan’s December ...

When retirees face higher tax brackets from pension income, Social Security, and portfolio withdrawals, every percentage ...

Arbitrage bonds allow municipalities to refinance high-interest bonds with lower-rate ones before the call date, optimizing ...

Municipal bonds are starting 2026 on strong footing, with the so-called “January effect” lifting prices as reinvestment cash ...

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The violations, which involved $14.4 million in securities, took place over a seven-year timeframe, Finra said.

The fund's outperformance of its benchmark was primarily driven by its long duration (high interest rate sensitivity) and long yield curve exposure. The health, transportation, tax-backed state, ...

In the third quarter of 2025 (Q3), new issuance of municipal (muni) bonds exceeded the average seen in the past few years. Over the quarter, Franklin Intermediate Municipal SMA Composite outperformed ...

On this episode of The Long View, Lyle Fitterer, senior portfolio manager and co-lead on the municipal-bond sector for Baird Advisors, shares his thoughts on what parts of the municipal-bond market ...