Sober Look

Capital is returning to certain fixed income sectors. Fund flows are quite uneven however, with the corporate sector remaining investors...

Spooked retail investors are exhibiting complete capitulation in their bond portfolios. They have been dumping fixed income assets, partic...

Muni ETFs have taken tremendous hits in the last few days. SPDR New York and California municipal bond ETFs in particular have underperfor...

Municipal bonds came under pressure last week, pushing the asset class into the red for the year. And it hasn't just been the recent r...

The US fiscal negotiations are putting pressure on the muni bond markets. ETF Trends : - The tax hoopla has depressed municipal bonds, w...

In another sign of strong demand for fixed income product (basically anything with extra yield) the muni market has been quite strong. In ...

We now have a sample of four California municipalities that have or are about to default. NYTimes : - As San Bernardino, Calif., moved ...

Some readers have asked if other fixed income asset classes could be just as effective as long term treasuries for an equities portfolio i...

The municipal bond (muni) market in the US has been on fire lately. Seems investors have discounted Meredith Whitney's famous dire for...

Even with the advantage of paying tax free interest, municipal bonds in many instances are yielding more than their corporate equivalents. B...