Insights

Treasury yields increased in July on favorable economic data and the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates steady.

Investment managers confronting challenges of a more complex and competitive municipal bond trading environment must develop, deploy and continually refine new tools and technologies.

Influences spanning government, regulatory and trade policy, market technicals and sector fundamentals shaped the municipal bond market through June 2025.

Municipal bond investors would be remiss to ignore the impact of state and local taxes on an appropriate mix of in- and out-of-state bonds in their portfolios.

We see the Energy Supply Financing Ratio as an emerging and potentially important signal of how financial institutions are navigating the low-carbon transition.

Tight credit spreads, solid demand, stable credit fundamentals, and tariff-related uncertainty drive a modest overweight to corporate bonds.

The social doctrine of the Catholic Church guides its investment policy.

We believe payout ratio is a critical metric in evaluating dividend-paying securities and avoiding the potential pitfalls associated with targeting solely high dividend yield.