Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael writes on high income assets that help people retire early. With stocks levitating higher, you just might be starting to ...

Municipal bonds have meaningfully underperformed taxable bonds, and the curve move for the year to date in munis explains a lot of this. Two factors have likely contributed to this yield move: ...

Municipal bond supply projections for next year range from a high of $750-plus billion to a low of $520 billion, with most ...

When comparing municipal bonds vs. Treasury bonds, investors often weigh tax advantages against perceived safety. Municipal bonds, issued by state and local governments, may offer tax-free interest ...

Beyond their social impact and tax-exempt status, muni housing bonds tend to offer wider spreads than other muni sectors with ...

Investors poured the most cash into municipal-bond funds earlier this month since at least 2007, according to CreditSights Inc. That’s as they chased a rally in state and local government debt — ...

As a child growing up in Maplewood, N.J., a leafy suburban enclave that’s popular with New York City commuters, David Hammer didn’t see himself as a Wall Street guy. Unbeknown to Hammer, however, he ...

When it comes to investing, there are various ways to assess risk versus reward, depending on the asset class. Unlike evaluating corporate stock risks, which involve similar variables, municipal bond ...

Thrivent High Income Municipal Bond Fund underperformed the Bloomberg 65% High Grade/35% High Yield Municipal Bond Composite Index during the first quarter of 2025 by 57 basis points; the Fund ...

Strategists in the municipal bond market are mostly predicting local governments will sell as least $600 billion of debt in ...

New ETF delivers access to short-duration investment-grade municipal bonds near call dates, offering federally tax-exempt income with lower duration risk. Traditionally, investors seeking tax-free ...

Rockefeller Asset Management (“Rockefeller”), the asset management division of Rockefeller Capital Management, celebrates the one-year anniversary of its municipal bond ETFs: Rockefeller Opportunistic ...