Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Municipal High Yield Bond Fund Updates: PRFHX and ABHYX


Please see previous posts on municipal high yield bond fund relative performance and technical analysis.

The following 5-year weekly charts show similar patterns for municipal high yield bond funds PRFHX (T. Rowe Price) and ABHYX (American Century). Both funds have broken above previous resistance lines labeled "S1" and "S2", which have been tested, and now act as support lines.  Both funds are now up against resistance lines labeled "R1".



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PRFHX chart:  5yr | weekly | semi-log





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ABHYX chart:  5yr | weekly | semi-log




Going forward, we will be interested to see if current support levels (S1 and S2) for these funds will hold and if these funds can continue their increasing price trend, break through their respective resistance lines (R1) and establish additional support.


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Financial Disclosure:
The author/publisher does not own any shares of PRFHX, but does own shares of municipal high yield bond mutual fund ABHYX.

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