Sentences with phrase «municipal bond yield curve»

Let's look at an average municipal bond yield curve (Figure 3) over the last five years from 1999 — 2003.

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Bonds due in 2018 and won by BofA were «aggressively» priced with a 1.64 percent yield that narrowed Illinois» spread over Municipal Market Data's benchmark triple - A yield curve to 70 basis points from 100 basis points ahead of the sale, Greg Saulnier, a MMD analyst, said.

In April, the long end of the yield curve underperformed, and as municipal bonds have more of their interest rate exposure coming from the long end, this contributed to their underperformance.

The Fund focuses on the long end of the curve, seeking to capitalize on the yield and return characteristics of longer - term municipal bonds.

Investment grade limited maturity municipal bonds, taking advantage of yield curve and price anomalies.

The 5 year range of the municipal bond curve is keeping up with the overall market as the 5 year S&P AMT - Free Muni Series 2018 Index has returned 1.14 %, while longer municipal bonds in the S&P Municipal Bond 20 + year Index have recorded a total return of 2.14 % year to date with yields remaining steady over the course of municipal bond curve is keeping up with the overall market as the 5 year S&P AMT - Free Muni Series 2018 Index has returned 1.14 %, while longer municipal bonds in the S&P Municipal Bond 20 + year Index have recorded a total return of 2.14 % year to date with yields remaining steady over the course of the wbond curve is keeping up with the overall market as the 5 year S&P AMT - Free Muni Series 2018 Index has returned 1.14 %, while longer municipal bonds in the S&P Municipal Bond 20 + year Index have recorded a total return of 2.14 % year to date with yields remaining steady over the course of municipal bonds in the S&P Municipal Bond 20 + year Index have recorded a total return of 2.14 % year to date with yields remaining steady over the course of Municipal Bond 20 + year Index have recorded a total return of 2.14 % year to date with yields remaining steady over the course of the wBond 20 + year Index have recorded a total return of 2.14 % year to date with yields remaining steady over the course of the week.

The long end of the yield curve for U.S. corporate and municipal bonds could be held range bound over the next several months as there are various forces at play.

If you evaluate municipal bonds by the traditional criterion, the yield ratio of municipal bonds to Treasuries of the same maturity, munis are incredibly cheap: All along the yield curve, munis yield, in absolute terms, anywhere between 150 % to even 300 % of Treasuries.

Spreads on Illinois debt to MMD (Municipal Market Data, the yield curve of the highest rated, AAA / Aaa municipal bonds, as published by Thompson Reuters) haveMunicipal Market Data, the yield curve of the highest rated, AAA / Aaa municipal bonds, as published by Thompson Reuters) havemunicipal bonds, as published by Thompson Reuters) have widened.

Fixed - income: Regardless of country or supra - national market, the fixed - income fund should have holdings throughout the entire length of the yield curve (most available maturities), as well as being a mix of government, municipal (general obligation), corporate and high - yield bonds.

In the intermediate part of the curve, seven year non-callable municipal bonds tracked in the S&P AMT - Free Municipal Series 2021 Index have outpaced the equity market by returning 4.41 % with yields dropping by 33bps tmunicipal bonds tracked in the S&P AMT - Free Municipal Series 2021 Index have outpaced the equity market by returning 4.41 % with yields dropping by 33bps tMunicipal Series 2021 Index have outpaced the equity market by returning 4.41 % with yields dropping by 33bps this year.