Municipal Sector Insight: Higher Education
February 1, 2019 — The Higher Education sector represents one of the safer areas of the municipal market due to a national priority placed on advanced education, a large pool of applicants across multiple academic disciplines, and modest-to-significant endowment funds to provide credit support, to name a few.
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Municipal Fixed Income
Valuations Become Attractive for Longer-Maturity Municipal Bonds
With investor demand focused on the front end of the yield curve, longer maturities have been neglected, leading to a divergence from Treasury yield movements.
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Central Banks Are No Longer a Major Pain Point
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The Four Seasons of Muni Bond Investing
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