Municipal Bonds v. U.S. Treasury & Corporate Bonds
1. Municipal Bonds v. U.S. Treasury & Corporate Bonds
October 14, 2018
JR Rieger
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Munis – October Rising
• Overall, bonds did their job as anchors when volatility struck the equity markets this past week. As UST yields rebounded a bit
towards end of the week, AAA 20 year and longer municipal bond yields have moved from 100% of UST yields to 104%.
• AAA municipal bond yields saw more overall movement cheaper than either UST and high grade corporate bonds yields.
• Steepening has begun. The spread between 2 - 30 year AAA muni bonds shifted up 5bps on the week to 146bps. This spread
ended September at 138bps.
• In comparing high quality muni v corporate bonds: excluding the short end of the curve, yields of AA and higher munis are still
attractive for most tax bracket market participants.
• Yield curve shifts in October so far: (data as of 10/12/2018)
10 Year AAA Municipal Bonds +16bps
10 Year US Treasury Bond +10bps
10 Year Apple Inc. Bonds +10bps
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Data as of 10/12/2018. Sources: Municipal bond yields sourced from The Bond Buyer www.bondbuyer.com Data Workstation and
MBIS www.mbis.com , U.S. Treasury bond yields sourced from the U.S. Department of the Treasury www.treasury.gov and the S&P
500 Dividend Yield data as of 10/5/2018 and was sourced from S&P Dow Jones Indices www.spdji.com . Current indicated dividend
yield is used. Chart is provided for illustrative purposes only.
71%70%
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93%
104% 104%
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AAA Municipal Bond Yields
Relative to UST Yields & S&P 500 Dividend Yield
AAA Muni Yield US Treasury Yield S&P 500 Dividend Yield % of UST Yield
S&P 500 Dividend Yield 1.9%
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AAA Municipal Bond Yields & Taxable Equivalent
Yields v.
U.S. Treasury Bond Yields
AAA Muni UST TEY 37% TEY 32% TEY 24% TEY 12% TEY 10%
Data as of 10/12/2018. Sources: Municipal bond yields sourced from the Bond Buyer Data Workstation www.bondbuyer.com and MBIS
www.mbis.com Municipal Yield Curves, U.S. Treasury bond yields sourced from the U.S. Department of the Treasury www.treasury.gov. Chart is
provided for illustrative purposes only. TEY = Taxable Equivalent Yield at tax rate assumption stated.
Munis are rich here
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AAA Municipal Bond Yields & Taxable Equivalent
Yields v.
Apple Inc. Corporate Bond Yields
AAA Muni Apple Inc. TEY 37% TEY 32% TEY 24% TEY 10%
Data as of 10/12/2018. Sources: Apple Inc. bond yields provided by SQX https://sqx.com/ . Municipal bond yields sourced from the Bond Buyer
Data Workstation www.bondbuyer.com and MBIS www.mbis.com. Chart is provided for illustrative purposes only. TEY = Taxable Equivalent
Yield at tax rate assumption stated.
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AA Municipal Bond Yields & Taxable Equivalent
Yields v.
Apple Inc. Bond Yields
AA Muni Apple Inc. TEY 37% TEY 32% TEY 24% TEY 10%
Data as of 10/12/2018. Sources: Apple Inc. bond yields provided by SQX https://sqx.com/ . Municipal bond yields sourced from the Bond Buyer
Data Workstation www.bondbuyer.com and MBIS www.mbis.com. U.S. Treasury bond yields sourced from U.S. Department of the Treasury
www.treasury.gov. Chart is provided for illustrative purposes only. TEY = Taxable Equivalent Yield at tax rate assumption stated.
Munis show their value here
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• Municipal bond yields: the Bond Buyer Data Workstation
https://dataworkstation.bondbuyer.com/
• Municipal bond yields: MBIS https://mbis.com/
• Apple Inc. bond yields: SQX https://sqx.com/
• U.S. Treasury bond yields: U.S. Department of Treasury
https://www.treasury.gov
Data Resources Used in this Report
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Notes:
• Taxable Equivalent Yield = Tax Exempt Yield / (1 – Federal Tax Rate)
• 2018 tax brackets, however not all tax brackets are represented herein
• End of day yields are used
Analyst Disclosure:
• JR Rieger and or the Rieger Report LLC has not received compensation either directly or indirectly from the
sponsor(s) of the ETF(s) included in this report.
• At the time of this writing, JR Rieger does not own the ETF(s) cited in this report, nor bonds issued by Apple Inc.
• Between July 1st and July 13th 2018, JR Rieger purchased insured municipal bonds and AA and higher rated
municipal bonds in the 8 – 14 year maturity range. In September 2018 JR Rieger purchased insured municipal
bonds in the 10 year range.