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

This article discusses the best bond funds available right now.

The debt securities category will always be the first choice for risk-averse investors because this class of instruments provides a regular income at low levels of risk. Income from regular dividends ...

Individual investors have been flocking to municipal bond funds, searching for safety and relatively high yields. Processing Content But for investors buying long-term bond funds, the search for yield ...

State and local governments issued nearly $500 billion in bonds in 2024, then broke that record in 2025. The money is mostly funding infrastructure repair, expansion and new projects. Some bonds help ...

Municipal bonds, also called muni bonds, fund public projects and are low-risk, tax-free investments. Investing through municipal bond funds offers easy, diversified exposure. Vanguard and iShares ...

I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm willing to bet that needlessly paying higher taxes isn't about to come into fashion. And unless it does, municipal bonds look like an easy one-way bet.

For the quarter, the PGIM Muni High Income Fund Class Z returned 1.37% net of fees and outperformed the Bloomberg Municipal ...

The Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF delivers a higher yield and slightly better recent returns than the VanEck Short Muni ETF. The VanEck Short Muni ETF offers tax-exempt income and holds ...

One notable trend across both mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is the growing prevalence of core-plus fixed-income strategies. These funds operate under a two-part mandate. The “core” ...

For the quarter, PGIM Short Duration Muni Fund Class Z returned 0.80% net of fees & outperformed its benchmark, Bloomberg 1-8 ...