Abrdn's Mondillo on the muni market's year of wild swings

Jonathan Mondillo, head of North American fixed income for abrdn says that 2023 has been a year of wild moves in the municipal bond market, performing well in January before selling off in one of the worst months of February ever, setting up a March rebound until the banking crisis hit. Most of those movements have been driven by macro headlines, and Mondillo says that investors want to drill down moving forward, focusing on finding credits that can outperform in a market that is likely to slow down, and ignoring the big-picture pressures that are driving the broad trend in the space.