Archive for July, 2019
LOOK INTO TAXABLE MUNICIPAL BONDS
- High credit quality as a group
- Higher quality than corporate bonds
- Offer roughly the same income
DIMELLA: FLIGHT PLAN
FLIGHT PLAN
The award-winning municipal bond fund manager, Robert DiMella has his pilot’s license and flies regularly in his spare time. He says there’s a connection between flying and running multi-billion dollar bond portfolios.
MUNICIPAL BOND MARKETS ARE ATTRACTING RECORD AMOUNTS OF INVESTOR MONEY
Seismic shifts in the municipal bond markets and the portfolios of award-winning muni manager Robert DiMella.
The nearly $4 trillion dollar municipal bond market is attracting record amounts of investor money. Year-to-date more than $40 billion has poured into municipal bond funds, one of the highest inflows on record.
One key factor for muni’s attractiveness is the higher taxes being paid by many individual taxpayers following the tax reform bill, which was passed in 2017 but took effect in 2018.
The combination of higher tax rates and a dearth of income globally are adding to the allure of municipal bonds.
On this week’s program, top muni fund manager Robert DiMella says there are other factors at work as well which are causing a seismic shift in the municipal bond market and a significant change in strategy at his firm.
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LOOK FOR FIRMS WHERE MANAGERS INVEST CONSIDERABLE SUMS ALONGSIDE SHAREHOLDERS
- How much money portfolio managers have invested in their own funds is a key criteria used to judge funds
- Significant “skin in the game” is seen as important indicator of management commitment & responsibility
- SEC requires disclosure of managers’ investments in funds they manage
Information available:
- – Mutual fund’s Statement of Additional Information in prospectus
- – SEC’s electronic data gathering, analysis, and retrieval database (EDGAR)
MCLEMORE: INVESTMENT WISDOM
MCLEMORE: INVESTMENT WISDOM
Miller Opportunity Trust’s Co-Portfolio Manager Samantha McLemore has been trained by legendary value investor Bill Miller since graduating from college. We asked her to recommend some of her favorite outside sources of investment wisdom.
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