Summary: Municipal bond specialist JR Rieger discusses the positive trend in the muni market, how states with heavy pension shortfalls are performing, and this year’s prospects.
Date of production: April, 2019
Summary: Municipal bonds specialist JR Rieger sits down to discuss the reason for the shift in the muni curve this month, Puerto Rico, and the reason high yield munis appear relatively cheap.
Date of production: March, 2019
Summary: Munis have not performed as well as corporates but their yields also have not shown as much relative value v. U.S. Treasuries and corporate bonds as they have in the past.
… More Rieger Report: Municipal Bonds v. U.S. Treasury & Corporate Bonds
Summary: While this could be a treacherous time to invest in Senior Loans and JR is not advocating doing so he ranks the four largest senior loan ETFs based on current data.
Summary: JR dives into the just released S&P Index v. Active data for bond funds and it still doesn’t look good for active bond fund managers.
… More Rieger Report: Breaking down the S&P Index v. Active results for 2018
Summary: As 2019 gets a full head of steam, JR compares returns and yields of municipal bonds to corporate bonds.
… More Rieger Report: High Yield ETF Model Portfolio (UPDATE)
Summary: In this latest edition of Muni Bond News, JR Rieger of The Rieger Report discusses the latest for sector influence returns, how the municipal market relates to the on going “black cloud” and the outlook for Puerto Rico in the large bond market.
Date of production: February, 2019
Summary: As 2019 gets a full head of steam, JR compares returns and yields of municipal bonds to corporate bonds.
… More Munis readily absorb new issue supply but lag corporates in total return
