Keeping Score of Sage’s Municipal Success

For those keeping score, Sage has once again successfully navigated these challenging times for our clients. The positive outcome is a testament to our investment process that remains consistent, regardless of market limitations or influences. A core tenant that has saved our clients from irreparable principal loss despite market dislocations has been Sage’s approach to optimizing fundamental credit strength along with current market valuations.

Core Municipal Strategy Profile 1Q20

The investment objective of this strategy is to minimize downside risk in any environment and maintain consistent quarterly after-tax total returns over an intermediate to long term investment horizon.

Moderate Term Municipal Strategy Profile 1Q20

The investment objective of this strategy is to minimize downside risk in any environment and maintain consistent quarterly after-tax total returns over a short to intermediate term investment horizon.

Sage Advice Municipal Quarterly Market Review 1Q2020

With a higher probability of industry-wide downgrades over the coming year, sector allocation and rebalancing will remain focused on stable-to-improving sectors, including both general obligation and essential service revenue bonds rated A2 and higher. During these volatile and uncertain times, Sage remains focused on principal preservation, improving liquidity, and stable tax-free income generation.

“3 Reasons Bond ETFs are on the Rise” with BlackRock’s Karen Schenone

Sage interviews Karen Schenone, a Fixed Income Product Strategist at BlackRock, who talks about the growth of bond ETFs, trends in the bond market, and the 3 reasons why institutional investors are increasingly buying bond ETFs.

This podcast was recorded at Sage’s “Perspectives on the Future” Conference, a two-day event in Austin, Texas, that featured diverse thought leaders on geopolitical events, investment strategy, risk management, retirement policy and issues, women and investing, and sustainable investing.

You can find Schenone’s presentation here.

Five Questions to Ask your Municipal Bond Manager

May 6, 2019 — All things being equal, history has shown that bonds outperform cash over most time periods. Although municipal valuations are not super attractive right now, every asset class is rich and trading at or near their all-time highs.