Not exact matches
I
buy a combination of specific municipal
bonds in California because that's where I reside in where I can not pay state income taxes on the dividends, I also have a California municipal
Bond fund, and a nationwide muni bond f
Bond fund, and a nationwide
muni bond f
bond fund.
I would never recommend
buying a
bond fund (
muni or other) with interest rates where they are.
Two years ago, I
bought 200 shares of Dreyfus Municipal Income, Inc. (DMF) which had a yield of 7.5 % at the time, which was an unusually good yield for a leveraged
muni bond fund.
They are much more liquid than individual
muni bonds, but you can not simply
buy or sell all you want as you can with open end
funds.
The need for short - dated tax - free
muni bonds drives hedge
funds (typically) to
buy long
munis and sell short term debt to finance the
bonds, which tax - free money market
funds buy.
I've been lucky to see it myself... my approach is
buy Cali
Muni bond funds that give tax free return and offers liquidity... then go balls to the wall on deal finding