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Nearly all The Bond Buyer's weekly yield indexes decreased this week, as municipals were either flat or slightly firmer in each of the week's sessions.
February 13 -
For those investors hoping to take advantage of the plump yields on Puerto Rico's debt, the municipal bond team at Janney Montgomery Scott has some advice: Be careful.
February 13 -
Tax-free money market funds continued to see outflows for the week ending Feb. 9, as total assets declined by $2.2 billion to settle at $486.73 billion, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.
February 13 -
If the clouds hovering over the municipal bond industry have a silver lining, portfolio managers say it is investors finally giving them cash to work with when yields are compelling.
February 11 -
Volume is expected to accelerate slightly this week, with $4 billion of negotiated and competitive deals on the calendar, compared with the revised $3.16 billion that ushered in the first week of February, according to Thomson Reuters.
February 9 -
Cash influxes into municipal bond mutual funds accelerated last week as investors increasingly recognized the relative safety and value of state and local government debt.
February 9 -
Outflows from tax-free money market funds slowed to $4.56 billion for the week ending Feb. 2, settling at $488.8 billion, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.
February 6 -
As part of an expansion of its suite of municipal bond exchange-traded funds, Van Eck Global launched a high-yield muni ETF yesterday.
February 6 -
Ron Schwartz has been trying to pick the best spot on the yield curve for more than 20 years. His take on where that point is now: smack in the middle.
February 6
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The tender-option bond programs that imploded last year did not fall victim to bad luck or unforeseeable illiquidity, a study released last week concluded. Rather, the strategies these programs used were doomed from the start.
February 6
