Discover how municipal bonds generate tax-free income, assess their benefits, and understand the risks involved in this investment option.

Bonds remain an important part of long-term portfolio asset allocations. After years of poor performance, stable interest rates and improved credit quality have made them more attractive today. The ...

The US fixed-income markets extended their positive trajectory into 2025’s final quarter. The Morningstar US Core Bond Index, a proxy for the US-dollar-denominated investment-grade bond market, ...

When I last wrote about municipal bonds, they were experiencing a bit of a rough patch. In the first half of 2025, the Morningstar US Municipal Bond Index logged a slightly negative total return. It ...

It'd probably be safe to say that bonds have spent much of the past 20 years failing to present a real investment case. Following the 2008 financial crisis, the Fed dropped interest rates to 0%. Short ...