Sentences with phrase «municipal bond market performance»

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The comptroller is responsible for auditing the performance and finances of city agencies, making recommendations regarding proposed contracts, issuing reports on the state of the city economy, marketing and selling municipal bonds, and managing city debt.

Headline risk: Municipal bonds are heavily a retail product and as a result retail sentiment can play a big role in market performance.

Class A shares with sales charges performance reflects the maximum 5.5 % sales charge, with the following exceptions: Class A shares of Hartford Emerging Markets Local Debt, Hartford High Yield, Hartford Inflation Plus, Hartford Municipal Opportunities, Hartford Municipal Real Return, Hartford Strategic Income, Hartford Total Return Bond, Hartford World Bond, Hartford Schroders Emerging Markets Debt and Currency, Hartford Schroders Tax - Aware Bond, Hartford Schroders Emerging Markets Multi-Sector Bond and Hartford Schroders Global Strategic Bond reflect a maximum 4.5 % sales charge; Class A shares of Hartford Floating Rate and Hartford Floating Rate High Income reflect a maximum 3.0 % sales charge; Class A shares of Hartford Short Duration reflect a maximum 2.0 % sales charge.

The U.S. corporate and municipal bond markets seem to be neck and neck in total return performance for the first three quarters of 2017.

As an additional validation, the insured bond market performance as compared to larger more liquid bonds in the S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Index also seems to be at a parity, at least so far in June.

Puerto Rico municipal bonds have enjoyed a positive bounce in 2016 however the general obligation bonds are still a small anchor on performance of the high yield municipal bond market as the S&P Municipal Bond Puerto Rico General Obligation Index is down over 2 % year - tmunicipal bonds have enjoyed a positive bounce in 2016 however the general obligation bonds are still a small anchor on performance of the high yield municipal bond market as the S&P Municipal Bond Puerto Rico General Obligation Index is down over 2 % year - tmunicipal bond market as the S&P Municipal Bond Puerto Rico General Obligation Index is down over 2 % year - to - dbond market as the S&P Municipal Bond Puerto Rico General Obligation Index is down over 2 % year - tMunicipal Bond Puerto Rico General Obligation Index is down over 2 % year - to - dBond Puerto Rico General Obligation Index is down over 2 % year - to - date.

However, despite the risks to the municipal bond market, I believe that the market will continue to rebound and deliver another year of solid performance.

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January is typically a strong month for the municipal bond market, but 2018 began with the worst January performance since 1981, driven by rising interest rates and uncertainty over changes in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).1 The muni market stabilized through late April 2018, but uncertainty remains.2 The tax law changed the playing field for these investments, with a mix of factors that could affect supply and demand.