Muni Bonds Fall 0.07% in Week, Beat Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Agg

Municipal bonds outperformed the U.S. taxable bond market last week. The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index had a total return of -0.07%, compared with -0.42% for the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Index.

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• The municipal bonds index yield to worst is 1.41%
  
  • Total return this year: 2.93%
    
  • Option adjusted duration: 5.64 years
    
• The U.S. taxable index yield to worst is 1.24%
  
  • Total return this year: 6.36%
    
  • Option adjusted duration: 6.06 years
    
• Resource Recovery municipal bonds returned the most, at 0.00% in total returns for the week
  
  • The sector yielded 0.51%
    
  • Option adjusted duration was 2.08 ...