American Century Diversified Municipal Bond ETF

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Market cap $684M

The municipal bond landscape continues to receive significant interest in both flows and supply. That, and investors looking to get muni bonds exposure for tax purposes in portfolios, positions them for serious ETF interest.

The muni bond landscape picked up significant interest to end 2025, with investors clamoring for the yields available therein. American Century Investments Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager Joe Gotelli recently sat down with VettaFi to talk about the muni bonds outlook.

In broad terms, there appears to be little headline risk facing advisors and income investors mulling municipal bonds. All 50 states carry investment-grade credit ratings, confirming that their credit quality remains solid.

American Century Investments has established itself as an innovative player in the ETF space, after launching its first products in January 2018. The index-based American Century US Quality Value ETF (VALQ) and the actively managed American Century Diversified Corporate Bond ETF (KORP) are still trading today.

Like other corners of the fixed income market, municipal bonds didn't set the investing world ablaze in the first quarter. Some market observers believe there's no opportunity in the asset class often considered to be a conservative income investor's friend.

Key Takeaways With the U.S. equity market highly concentrated and representing a smaller share of global GDP, advisors are seeking non-U.S. growth opportunities. Funds like the American Century Quality Diversified International ETF (QINT) are capturing significant assets as investors target more attractive overseas valuations.

Key Takeaways: Active ETFs have helped unlock fixed income strategies in recent years. Muni bond interest has grown at the same time as investors look to reduce bills.

Many investors may still be making end of year investment decisions, whether to reduce tax impacts or to shift fixed income allocations for the new year. More than ever, ETFs offer tools to meet those goals, with an ever-increasing roster of strategies therein.

Looking for options to reduce your portfolio's overall tax bill? Even in an uncertain 2025, many investors will have some serious gains to pay for.

Now may be the time to begin looking seriously at tax-loss harvesting for many investors. 2025 has presented plenty of upheaval for portfolios.