Issuance was $34.308 billion in 471 issues, down 7.2% year-over-year from $36.982 billion across 536 transactions in 2025. However, this was the third-highest monthly figure for January and above the ...

Municipal bond closed-end funds (CEFs) are seeing narrowing discounts, with NXP and MHF offering the most compelling value in ...

A flood of new issuance is creating more opportunities, plus it’s getting easier for individual investors to access new ...

With yields still elevated and credit fundamentals remaining strong, municipal bonds are offering renewed flexibility for ...

Market Intelligence analyst Jeff Lipton uses the Federal Reserve's latest Flow of Funds data to show how households still ...

The debt securities category will always be the first choice for risk-averse investors because this class of instruments provides a regular income at low levels of risk. Income from regular dividends ...

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 ...

Air pollution regulations in the United States are intended to protect public health, but a new study has found that they also carry an unexpected cost: higher interest rates on the bonds used by ...

JMUB’s 3.5% tax-free yield equals 5.1% taxable for retirees in the 32% bracket. The fund outperformed passive municipal bond ETFs by over 200 basis points over five years. Retirees in the 12% bracket ...

Last year investors bought $31.4 billion worth, three times as much as in 2022. If you buy a municipal debt index fund, ...

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