Chip Barnett is a journalist with almost 50 years of professional experience. He started his career at the Gannett Newspapers in Westchester County, N.Y., working his way up from back-shop compositor to Senior News Editor. Barnett later worked for Thomson Reuters in Manhattan, covering state and local government finance as a Reporter and later Executive Editor for TM3.com and as Editor in Charge of Municipal Finance for Reuters News. Later, he was the Editor of Municipal Finance Today at SourceMedia. Barnett has also worked for DebtWire/Municipals and has written about commercial real estate in South Florida and the Midwest for both The Real Deal and Globe Street. Barnett is currently a Reporter at The Bond Buyer.
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The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index was unchanged from 4.06% in the previous week.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 21 -
Municipal bond buyers gave a warm reception to the two deals totaling $473 million.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 21 -
Municipal bond buyers saw new issue supply rise on Thursday, led by issues in Louisiana and North Carolina.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 21 -
Paul Daley, managing director at BondWave, discusses how studying fixed-income trading patterns can improve municipal bond trading decisions. Chip Barnett hosts.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 21 -
Seasonal trends have favored munis so far this year, according to Blackrock's Peter Hayes.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 20 -
A big competitive sale from a Texas issuer hit the screens on Wednesday,
By Chip BarnettFebruary 20 -
New York City's gross city product grew 3.9% in the fourth quarter of 2018.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 19 -
Portfolio managers look likely to drive demand for this week’s new issue slate, which totals under $3 billion.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 19 -
Munis showed strength as traders returned to work on Tuesday after the three-day holiday weekend.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 19 -
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp.'s restructured bonds started actively trading on Friday.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 15