PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active ETF

MUNI is an actively managed fund, which provides tax-exempt income by investing in high credit quality municipal bonds with intermediate maturities.

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Actively managed fixed income ETFs have been increasingly popular in 2024. Investors have turned to professionals to help navigate the bond market amid shifting monetary and pending fiscal policies.

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MUNI is an actively-managed muni bond ETF from PIMCO. Although the fund's dividends are tax-advantaged, its 3.4% dividend yield is too low for a buy rating. Lots of ETFs provide higher after-tax income to effectively all investors, including CARY and JAAA.

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Actively managed ETFs continued to gain traction in July with $24 billion of net inflows. This represented 19% of the industry's net inflows, which remains impressive given the 7% share of the assets.

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PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund ETF offers tax-exempt income through investment-grade municipal bonds. The MUNI ETF has a diversified portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated intermediate-term municipal bonds. MUNI faces competition from other municipal bond ETFs but has shown strong performance and a more diversified geographical allocation.

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Investors continue to turn to low-cost core taxable bond ETFs in 2024. The Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) and the iShares Core Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) gathered $2.5 billion and $2.1 billion, respectively, as of late February.

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PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund ETF is an actively managed municipal bond fund with a flexible strategy and high turnover. The MUNI ETF has a higher risk in credit rating but a lower risk in maturity compared to iShares National Muni Bond ETF. It is more diversified geographically, with a lower allocation to New York and California.

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When I think of actively managed fixed income ETFs, PIMCO is one of the firms to come to mind. David Braun, who manages the PIMCO Active Bond ETF (BOND), helped kick off the VettaFi Fixed Income Symposium.

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In today's high rate environment, understanding the impact of high rates on bonds, particularly municipal bonds, makes a difference between capturing alpha opportunity or simply taking on additional risk.

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The PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund has the lowest duration (1.9 years) and WAM (3.5 years). The PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund currently has a duration of 4.3 years; WAM of 5.3 years.

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An ETF that tracks munis, the PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active (MUNI), climbed 1.1% higher before falling back some after the Fed released news that Friday that it would broaden its asset purchase program to encompass short-term municipal bonds.

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Investors can still look into municipal bonds and related exchange traded funds as a way to diversify a traditional fixed-income portfolio mix.

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