How to Invest in Municipal Bonds: Strategies & Trends

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We use cookies and browser capability checks to help us deliver our online services, including to learn if you enabled Flash for video or ad blocking. By using our website or by closing this message box, you agree to our use of browser capability checks, and to our use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. Municipal bonds are no longer cheap keys to the cities, but they can still show investors around town. After double-digit losses in , these tax-exempt investments have climbed along with other bond sectors this year.

Muni-bond mutual funds rose Meanwhile, muni yields, which move opposite to price, haven't seen such low levels in more than four decades.

Five-Year Municipal Bond

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