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Municipal Bonds: Active Management in a Turbulent Market
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Municipal Bonds: Active Management in a Turbulent Market

Ian France, explains why active portfolio management is key to navigating today’s turbulent markets.

The Muni 360 Podcast from New York Life Investment Management · Chris Roberti, Ian France

May 26, 202224m 24s

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Show Notes

Welcome back to The Muni 360 Podcast from New York Life Investments. Join us as the seasoned, active investors at MacKay Municipal Managers provide valuable insights into the highly fragmented, complex, and inefficient municipal bond market. 

On today’s episode, director and research analyst for MacKay Municipal Managers, Ian France, joins host Chris Roberti to offer perspectives on the importance of active management in turbulent markets. Chris and Ian breakdown the many reasons why today’s market is lending itself to more active trading and higher portfolio turnover by offering a historical perspective to the changes we are seeing in today’s market and insights into the current municipal credit landscape.

In this episode we discuss:

  • The market and Fed rates
  • The industry buying/selling patterns. 
  • The importance of “owning your own liquidity”
  • High yield municipals
  • California/New York’s current fundamentals and value going forward. 

Don’t forget to ‘Embrace Change’ and learn all about our Top 5 Municipal Market Insights for 2022!

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