A peculiarity of the tax code gives fund investors an advantage over bond investors. Say a bond comes out at par and sinks to ...

"Municipal bonds are generally a high-quality asset ... "Some of the better bond market mutual funds have low expense ratios, no front- or back-end load costs, no 12b-1 marketing fees, performance ...

Below, we share with you three municipal bond funds, viz., Victory Tax Exempt Short Term Fund USSTX, American High-Income Municipal Bond AMHIX and Putnam Strategic Intermediate Muncpl PPNAX.Each ...

Investors pulled $397.4 million from municipal bond mutual funds in the week ended Wednesday, following $1.258 billion of ...

The simplest option is to buy shares in a municipal bond mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF), which allows you to invest in a large number of bonds in a single investment. What is the yield ...

As of April 30, 2025, the Easterly ROC Muni Short Term Municipal Bond Fund has been recognized with an initial 5-Star Overall Morningstar Rating™ 1 and its three-year performance ranks in the top 1%, ...

most investors are better served by low-cost mutual funds and ETFs," Tidmore says. "This is particularly true in the case of municipal and corporate bonds, which are less liquid and harder to ...

"I could certainly see ETFs overtaking the mutual fund space in the next couple of years," said Sean Carney, head of municipal strategy at BlackRock, speaking Thursday at The Bond Buyer's Texas ...

Expense ratio information: The adjusted expense ratio takes into account deductions for certain interest and related expenses from certain of the Fund's ... High Yield Municipal Bond Index covers ...

Munis underperformed Treasuries due to March tax seasonality. Find out our four-pronged approach for the sector.