Finding Opportunities in the Municipal Bond Market

(Originally aired on April 25, 2023)

Municipal bond yields are near the highest they’ve been in over a decade and credit quality remains strong, but there are headwinds on the horizon. Join Cooper Howard, Director with the Schwab Center for Financial Research, as he covers the outlook for the municipal bond market and the investing opportunities within. This informative session will cover:

• Federal Reserve policy and how that may affect municipal bonds.
• The outlook for municipal credit quality as pandemic relief begins to fade.
• Finding opportunities across the yield curve.
• How COVID has shifted the landscape for municipalities and which sectors look more or less attractive.

Continuing Education (CE) Credit: 1 CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP™) CE credit. 1 CIMA®, CPWA®, CIS^sm and RMA^sm CE credit.

Note: CE credits are not available when accessing the webcast through the replay link. You must attend the live webcast to be eligible for the CE credits.

Investments in fixed income products are subject to liquidity (or market) risk, interest rate risk (bonds ordinarily decline in price when interest rates rise and rise in price when interest rates fall), financial (or credit) risk, inflation (or purchasing power) risk and special tax liabilities. May be worth less than the original cost upon redemption.

The Schwab Center for Financial Research is a division of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.