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Published in TZ Latest News 16 October, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

If Municipal Bond Funds Are Hitting Five Year Highs

BlackRock runs a Municipal Bond Fund (MYI) that I follow. When these municipal bond funds are rallying to new 52 week highs, I interpret the leadership position as a defensive one, not an offensive one for the equities market generally. This one needs a little more work to analyze this week. This chart actually pushed through the previous intra-week highs and settled back a little bit, but this is the highest close. Back in 2012 when this topped out, the stock markets were starting the beginning of a new 3-year run. I did notice one thing on the chart that was very odd.

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