Sentences with word «muni»

In anticipation of the tax bill's passage and of municipalities losing their ability to refund bonds prior to maturity, there was a surge in supply of muni bonds in November and December, with new supply increasing 29.3 % and 207 %, respectively, over prior - year levels.

The high yield muni market in general has been a stellar performer following the trough of the 2009 financial collapse but there are some striations depending on just which municipalities are covered in a particular holding.

The plan is to invest, long and short, in muni bond funds and ETFs.

The Oppenheimer Rochester National Muni fund ORNAX, +0.00 % which oversees more than $ 5 billion, is down 8.56 % so far this year.

The following table breaks down the geographic location exposure for Muni National Bond Funds.

Therefore, when analyzing yields for muni bonds offered on the secondary market, the yield - to - maturity figure is usually sufficient to determine an expected return.

But market turmoil earlier in August reversed that trend, pushing long - term muni yields back up, especially in comparison to Treasury yields, he said.

A searing Oscar - nominated performance from Paul Muni as the desperate James Allen and powerful uncompromising direction ensure that this film is as harrowing and vital today as it ever was.

To find out detailed information on Muni National Bond Funds in the U.S. that are appropriately tagged by our analysts, click the tabs in the table below.

You are rarely going to get the chance to buy long - term munis at prices about equal to Treasuries.

Good point on keeping the tax deferred investments such as muni bonds out of the IRA.

4) As I said in my post last night, there is value in the tax - free muni market for non-traditional buyers.

So what's the deal with muni bonds?

The Federal Government does not count earnings from munis as part of taxable income.

Using Fleming's data, that means a very small percentage of muni investors holds around $ 1.5 trillion — a vast sum of money for so few people.

Taxable bond ETFs (+ $ 3.8 billion) and muni debt ETFs (+ $ 25 million) both had net inflows for the week.

I took a quick recharge break in the lounge area at Muni before finding Jeff for a taxi ride.

When buying munis on the secondary market, investors must be aware that bonds purchased at a discount (less than par value) will be taxed upon redemption at the capital gains rate.

Well, I guess that technically the California Muni money market IS higher risk that the Federal Money Market, but we'd be talking very small fractions of a percent here.

Also, single - state muni funds often own relatively long - term bonds, so they could get hit hard by rising interest rates.

I want to take advantage of good muni rates and their tax advantages, but I also want to mitigate my exposure to default risk.

Bond fund investors in the top tax brackets will often get a higher yield from funds that purchase muni offerings that pay tax - free interest.

Some of the disruption was caused by muni arbitrage traders, who began to suffer «substantial losses,» he noted.

For many muni investors, navigating around these numerous pitfalls might seem overwhelming.

High - yield muni portfolios typically invest at least 50 % of assets in high - income municipal securities that are not rated or that are rated by a major agency such as Standard & Poor's or Moody's at the level of BBB (considered part of the...

An investor would purchase munis only if he or she had a heavy enough marginal federal tax to seek protection from it.

Buffett wants to buy the good business at what is a bargain price to him, leaving the bad business behind and less wherewithal to pay the claims, because the profit stream from the good muni business will be gone.

That means I need easy access to cash — and the right strategy, at my lofty tax bracket, is to own munis in my taxable account.»

As these are revenue bonds with slightly longer durations the average yield is naturally higher than the overall market, Year - to - date this group of bonds have outperformed the investment grade muni market.

There are two particularly meaningful differences between closed and open end muni funds.

If you want to buy a specific type of bond (say, an intermediate muni with a rating of A or better), you can not just assume that you can buy that bond from any dealer.

Between January and May of this year, more than $ 27.2 billion in new cash flowed into muni bond mutual funds, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI).

Soon enough I found something that any reasonable person would assume was something called the «Muni Lot.»

Take Caltrain into the city, then try out our San Francisco Muni Metro Date Map.

Likewise, the opposite effect could take place in markets like munis and corporates where supply has boomed and investors have reached for yield.

As a first step, see if muni yields are a better deal than taxable bond yields in your federal and state tax brackets.

Thus, there is no need for the Fed to be worrying about muni market liquidity.

The S&P Municipal Bond Tobacco Index has outperformed all other muni sectors thus far in 2015, returning 3.66 % YTD.

The stars aligned in spectacular fashion for the municipal bond market in 2014: Low supply amid solid demand, improving fiscal conditions among state and local issuers, and a broad drop in interest rates (and rise in bond prices) helped make munis one of the top - performing fixed income asset classes of the year.

When the selling was done, in many cases high quality muni yields were high than Treasuries even before adjusting for taxes.

Municipal bond mutual funds gathered USD 2.8 billion in the four - week period ending Oct. 28, 2015, according to the Investment Company Institute, while muni bond ETFs added USD 593 million of inflows in October, according to SSGA.

The Short - Term index can be a good proxy for a short - term muni strategy that does not mature like a ladder.

If you are familiar with the mechanics of buying and selling stock mutual funds you will have no problem with how muni mutual funds work.

There was a sideline on municipal credit risk, but since munis rarely defaulted, it was not very relevant.

We've picked a great date idea nearby to every major Muni stop.

The San Francisco Arts Commission main office is accessible by a number of Muni bus lines, including the 49, the 47, and the 5.

8:00 pm — TCM — I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Paul Muni plays an initially optimistic and energetic young man who struggles to find a job during the Depression.

Example of a fully federal and state income taxable muni bond: Harvard University issued about $ 400 million in taxable municipal bonds (although state and local governments are traditional issuers of municipal bonds, universities may also offer them through various means.)