Municipal Bond Funds: Time To Shine Or Curtain Call?

Municipal bonds are back to offer compelling risk-adjusted opportunities, but future decisions from Washington can either act as a tailwind or headwind. Municipal bond funds saw net inflows during 2024, first annual inflow since 2021—which was a record year. 2024 was a record year in municipal bond issuance. With attractive yields, the market may start to pay more attention to tax-equivalent yield advantages offered through municipal debt.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 13, 2025

Municipal CEF Sector Update: What We're Doing After A Roller Coaster Ride

We take a look at the municipal sector after a rollercoaster ride. We find that longer-duration munis remain attractive, particularly relative to corporate bonds. Separately, muni CEF discounts are wide and higher-quality bonds look best.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 15, 2024

Should You Tap Pricey Muni Bond ETFs Now?

Tax-exempt municipal bonds serve not only as an investment option.

Zacks Investment Research • Oct 4, 2023

Time to Buy Muni Bond ETFs Now?

Should you tap muni bond ETFs ahead of Tax Day?

Zacks Investment Research • Apr 5, 2023

Own a muni ETF? Here's what midterm elections mean for the municipal bond market, according to this investment team

U.S. midterm elections have MacKay Municipal Managers, a team of municipal bond investors at MacKay Shields, watching closely for state ballot initiatives that may lead to policy change.

Market Watch • Nov 8, 2022

Growing CEF Portfolio Income In A Sustainable Way

The recent CEF market drawdown has made it clear that it is those investors who maintain dry powder reserves that can fully take advantage of current attractive CEF yields.

Seeking Alpha • Apr 6, 2022

Muni Investors Stay Flexible As Rates Rise

Truly active managers shine in challenging investment environments, especially when they are given a flexible mandate. With tax-loss harvesting, active investors can deliberately sell at a loss to offset taxes on gains elsewhere in a portfolio.

Seeking Alpha • Nov 9, 2021

Warm Up To Climate Change Investing

Climate risk isn't being adequately priced into many ETFs, but there are signs the tides are turning.

ETFcom • Oct 14, 2021

Muni Market ETFs Ripe For Active Mgmt

While passive municipal ETFs hold the majority of the assets, the quirks of this space make it ideal for active management.

ETFcom • Sep 13, 2021

Get Guaranteed Tax-Exempt Income Exposure with ‘MMIN'

Municipal bonds like the IQ MacKay Municipal Insured ETF (MMIN) have long been praised for their tax advantages. “Investors don't like paying increased federal tax.

ETF Trends • Jun 8, 2021