Alternatively, you can invest the same amount into
a diversified municipal bond portfolio and pay no taxes and receive tax - free income until the bonds are called or mature.
Not exact matches
They were just putting money away for retirement in
municipal bond funds to
diversify their
portfolios.
Experts agree that
municipal bonds play an important role in a
diversified portfolio.
Bond Swap: Selling
municipal bonds (usually at a loss) and using the proceeds to buy other
municipal bonds, to establish a loss for tax purposes, to
diversify a
portfolio, to increase cash flow, or increase yield.
The
diversified portfolio is based on a 5 % allocation to cash, 25 % allocation to investment grade
bonds, 5 % allocation to
municipal bonds, 20 % allocation to S&P 500 Index, 10 % allocation to small caps, 5 % allocation to commodities, 15 % allocation to international equities, 5 % allocation to emerging markets, 5 % allocation to REITs, and a 5 % allocation to alternatives.
Our laddered
portfolios seek to
diversify sector and issuer exposure and are constructed using high quality
municipal bonds whose maturities are staggered from one to six, 12 or 18 years — ranges chosen specifically in an effort to add value.
With the ability to draw on the
bond, equity, and macroeconomic experts at Wellington Management, the
portfolio managers seek to exploit inefficiencies across more than a million
bonds in the
municipal bond markets and build a
portfolio that is
diversified by geography, sector, and credit quality.