Robert DiMella

DIMELLA: FLIGHT PLAN

July 12, 2019

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.

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WHY TRADITIONAL BONDS ARE HIGH RISK, BUT MUNIS HAVE ADVANTAGES. TWO TOP BOND MANAGERS EXPLAIN

February 2, 2018

Two influential bond managers explain why municipal bonds still make sense and so many corporate and Treasury bonds don’t.
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WEB EXTRA: ATTEBERRY & DIMELLA

February 2, 2018

ATTEBERRY: RELAXING DIVERSION

How does award-winning bond manager Tom Atteberry relax? He’s taken up a sport he abandoned long ago.

DIMELLA: ACTIVE MUNICIPAL ETFS

Top performing municipal bond fund manager, Robert DiMella recently expanded his portfolio duties to exchange-traded funds with the launch of two actively managed muni bond ETFs. IQ MacKay Shields Municipal Intermediate ETF focuses on investment grade municipal bonds to get current income exempt from federal taxes. IQ MacKay Shields Municipal Insured ETF primarily invests in investment-grade munis covered by an insurance policy guaranteeing the payment of principal and interest.

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DIMELLA: MUNI ADVANTAGE

February 12, 2016

Most investments lost ground in 2015’s volatile markets and continue to do so this year. One of the few asset classes to deliver positive results was municipal bonds. What’s the outlook for this year? Robert DiMella, co-head of award winning MacKay Municipal Managers and Portfolio Manager of several five star rated muni funds shares his forecast and strategies.
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ROBERT AMODEO AND ROBERT DIMELLA: IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOR

February 14, 2014

Irrational Behavior

Municipal bond investors fled the market in droves last year after scary headlines about bankruptcy in Detroit, credit problems in Chicago and Puerto Rico’s refinancing woes. Their indiscriminate selling created opportunities for this week’s guests. Muni fund portfolio managers Robert Amodeo and Robert DeMella explain why they pay so much attention to investor behavior.