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Nisha Patel on Investing In Munis and looking ahead to 2025

December 4, 2024

Nisha Patel, fixed income portfolio manager at Parametric, joins CNBC Muni Money to discuss tax policies and municipal bonds looking ahead to 2025. According to Nisha, “This year has been a bumpy ride for bond investors. But we have seen good performance for November and now have a positive return for the broad muni index for the year. Yields are also higher, making tax equivalent yields attractive and that’s the exciting news for bond investors.”

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Nisha Patel, CFA

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An imbalance in supply and demand in the municipal market may result in valuation uncertainties and greater volatility, less liquidity, widening credit spreads and a lack of price transparency in the market. There generally is limited public information about municipal issuers. As interest rates rise, the value of certain income investments is likely to decline. Longer-term bonds typically are more sensitive to interest-rate changes than shorter-term bonds. Investments in income securities may be affected by changes in the creditworthiness of the issuer and are subject to the risk of nonpayment of principal and interest. The value of income securities also may decline because of real or perceived concerns about the issuer’s ability to make principal and interest payments.