Investing In Municipal Bond Funds News

The Forgotten Municipal Bond ETFs

Municipal bond ETF investing is growing in importance as tax rates look to rise in the near future. For investors concerned about this a play on either of the VRDO ETFs could make sense.

Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Funds Declare Monthly Distributions

BOSTON, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eaton Vance Management, the Boston-based investment adviser, today announced the monthly distributions declared on the common shares of eleven of its closed-end municipal bond funds (the "Funds").  The record date for the distributions is...

Zions Direct Announces Municipal Bond Auction Results through January 27, 2012

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  Zions Direct , the online broker-dealer that allows its customers to purchase municipal bonds in its daily web-based auctions, announces its weekly auction ...

Zions Direct Announces Municipal Bond Auction Results Through January 20, 2012

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zions Direct , the online broker-dealer that allows its customers to purchase municipal bonds in its daily web-based auctions, announces its weekly auction ...

Should You Invest in Bond Funds or Individual Issues?

Bonds and bond funds generally outperformed their stock counterparts in 2011, as global growth uncertainty and Europe's debt troubles kept up demand for relatively lower risk fixed-income investments.