American Century Diversified Municipal Bond

TAXF is an actively managed portfolio of US municipal bonds. The fund seeks current income that is exempt from federal taxes.

Municipal bonds were one of the highlights of the bond market during the height of the pandemic with their attractive yields and tax benefits. Enter 2022, and they've followed the rest of the debt market downward, but that could be changing.

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Fixed income served as a strong diversifier in times of equity drawdowns over the past two decades — see the dot-com bubble and burst of the early 2000s and the global financial crisis of 2008.

Bonds, Especially Muni Bonds, Are Making a Comeback

“Scant” is an applicable adjective for describing the amount of fixed income exchange traded funds that are in the green this year, and municipal bond funds are members of the offending group. Those are the breaks when interest rates rise and bond market participants price in more aggressive tightening by the Federal Reserve, which is [.

Munis Could Be Buy-the-Dip Candidates

Rising interest rates are punishing Treasuries, and other forms of high-quality debt are going along for the ride, including municipal bonds. That creates a quandary for investors because municipal bonds have long been staples of fixed income portfolios, particularly for investors who need dependable, low-risk income, including retirees and those nearing retirement.

Hope Emerges for Muni Bonds

Amid bond market calamity, which is affecting previously docile fixed income assets such as municipal bonds, active management can be of benefit to investors. One way of deploying active management with municipal bonds is with the American Century Diversified Municipal Bond ETF (NYSEArca: TAXF).

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Combine the imminence of the commencement of the Federal Reserve's rate hike program — likely March — and longer durations, and it's been a trying start to 2022 for municipal bonds. Some analysts believe that the worst is behind the asset class, indicating that now could be an opportune time for investors to consider exchange traded funds [.

If Munis Rebound, TAXF Could Tempt

Municipal bonds and the related exchange traded funds are encountering some headwinds to start 2022, the bulk of which stem from the Federal Reserve's plans to imminently boost interest rates. On the other hand, there's still a strong fundamental case for munis even with Fed tightening looming as soon as next month, indicating that rate [.

Talking Tax Collections With Muni Bond ETF TAXF

As we dive into what people are missing — and what risks they might be accidentally taking — in traditional approaches, investors can consider an active exchange traded fund municipal bond strategy that looks across the entire market opportunity set instead of being tied to a benchmark's methodology. In the recent webcast, Hidden Income Your Munis Are [.

Income Investors Should Consider Incorporating a Muni ETF Strategy

Municipal bonds (munis) have been a linchpin for advisors building effective, tax-efficient portfolios for their clients in this lower-for-longer yield environment. However, with a Fed taper almost a near-term certainty, a monolithic index approach to the sector may be unwise, and many investors are looking toward active strategies better equipped to adapt to the bond [.

Hidden Income Your Munis Are Missing: An Expert Perspective

The $1.2 trillion infrastructure investment bill didn't contain any provisions for municipal bonds specifically, but the market still looks to benefit in the long term as the spending trickles out over the coming years. President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law mid-November, and while it lacked any specific targeted boost to [.

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Truly active managers shine in challenging investment environments, especially when they are given a flexible mandate. With tax-loss harvesting, active investors can deliberately sell at a loss to offset taxes on gains elsewhere in a portfolio.

Muni Investors Stay Flexible As Rates Rise

It's been a record year of growth for ETFs across the board, and while popular investment approaches such as thematics have often taken the stage, there are many ETFs that are quietly scooping up more than their share of the market space. Municipal bonds have shown potential for growth, particularly with the impending infrastructure bill [.

Tax-Free Municipal Bond ETFs on the Rise

Fixed income investors are looking into municipal bonds and their related exchange traded funds this year. Investment interest for the munis market has increased this year as rising taxes, the search for more attractive yields, and bets that states and municipalities would benefit from the new stimulus measures have all contributed to rising demand, MarketWatch [.

Will Municipal Bond ETFs Shatter Records in 2021?

Fixed income exchange traded fund investors seeking steady yields and lower tax rates can turn to municipal bond strategies. According to Municipal Market Analytics, investors have already funneled a net $39 billion into muni bond mutual funds this year through last Thursday, the most over the same period since 2008, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Bond Investors Can Turn to Muni ETFs for Steady Yields at Lower Tax Rates

Fixed-income investors should consider how adding a municipal bonds ETF to the equation could be their income solution. In the recent webcast, Not All Vanilla: Why Active Management Makes Sense in Municipal Bonds, Joseph Gotelli, VP, Portfolio Manager, American Century Investments, pointed to the value attractiveness of municipal bonds relative to Treasuries.

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2019’s record year for bond prices helped investors who were looking to capitalize on price gains, but it did no favors for those relying on yield for income purposes. Treasury yields hit lows as the central bank implemented rate-cutting measures in 2019, but investors in 2020 can feed their need for yield by getting active [.

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