If you’re looking for a safe, tax-advantaged investment, you may have come across municipal bonds (muni bonds). But what are municipal bonds, and how do they work? Municipal bonds are debt securities ...

Fees are Low compared to funds in the same category. DFA CA Short-Term Municipal Bond Port has an expense ratio of 0.19 percent. Risk is Below Average compared to funds in the same category according ...

I received a piece of reader feedback after publishing For Investors Who Can Get Beyond Headline Risk, Opportunity Beckons in Bonds that was as actionable as it was succinct. “What about municipals?” ...

Municipal bond investors may have a rare and compelling opportunity to lock in high yields. High-grade municipal bond yields, particularly at the long end of the curve, are near their highest levels ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William Baldwin covers investing, taxation and corporate finance. Good news for savers in fairly high tax brackets: Yields on ...

Municipal bonds have meaningfully underperformed taxable bonds, and the curve move for the year to date in munis explains a lot of this. Two factors have likely contributed to this yield move: ...

When you buy a bond, you’re loaning money to the bond’s issuer—which could be a corporation, a local municipality, a government agency or the federal government—with the intention of receiving back ...

New ETF delivers access to short-duration investment-grade municipal bonds near call dates, offering federally tax-exempt income with lower duration risk. Traditionally, investors seeking tax-free ...

Municipal bonds can be good insurance against inflation — and interest is tax-free. But as with all investments, understanding risk is key. You’ve got some money in bond funds. You did some shopping, ...

Frisch Financial Group acquired roughly $4 million worth of First Trust Managed Municipal ETF (FMB) during the third quarter.

A good number of people end up retiring with more than just Social Security to fall back on. And that’s a positive thing, ...