A peculiarity of the tax code gives fund investors an advantage over bond investors. Say a bond comes out at par and sinks to ...

At first glance, the 30-day SEC yield on municipal bond funds may seem lower than that of comparable taxable bond funds. However, this isn't the best metric for evaluating tax-free income.

Tax-free municipal bonds offer savings on federal and possibly state taxes. Investing through municipal bond funds simplifies the process of building a diversified portfolio. Vanguard and iShares ...

This Fund is managed to have an overall investment risk to an index, which as of the fund's commencement, was the Barclays Capital 3 Plus Year Non-AMT Municipal Bond Index.

Over the quarter, Franklin Federal Tax-Free Income Fund fared worse than its benchmark, the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index.

Schwab California Tax-Free Bond Fund ™ earns an Above ... Finally, during the past few years, the fund leaned towards municipal bonds. In this month, the strategy also leaned more towards ...

Rowe Price California Tax-Free Bd Fd earns a High ... does well for investors and that this fund may benefit from that. Compared with other funds in the Muni California Long Morningstar Category ...

The municipal (muni) bond market, as measured by the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index, posted a slightly negative result for ...

Municipal bonds, or "muni bonds," comprise debt securities issued by various states, cities, counties and other governmental entities to raise money to build roads, schools and a host of other ...