Here are seven of the best municipal bond mutual funds and ETFs to buy today: ...

The Allspring California Tax-Free Fund underperformed its benchmark Index for Q1 of 2025. Click here to read the full commentary.

Macquarie Tax-Free USA Fund Institutional Class shares underperformed the Fund’s benchmark by 196 basis points, returning -2.08% versus -0.12% for Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index for 2Q25.

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Don’t be led astray by the double-tax-free allure of a fund holding only home-state bonds. State income tax rates are usually less than 10%, and muni yields about 4%.

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There are plenty of ways to lower your taxes, including credits, deductions and advanced investment strategies.

Another option is alternative minimum tax (AMT)-free municipal bond funds. The AMT is a separate tax system that runs alongside regular federal income tax.

That will give you the real apples-to-apples figure that reflects what a comparable taxable bond fund would need to yield to match the tax-free income from a municipal bond fund.