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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It made cuts in its banking, sales, and trading staff Wednesday, sources told The Bond Buyer.
February 7 -
Low interest rates were curbing retail municipal bond buyers' enthusiasm for supply.
February 7 -
As equity and Treasury markets remained volatile, muni traders helped buyers looking for a safe haven.
February 7 -
Academy Securities hired Brian Stuebe as a salesperson in its municipal securities group as the firm completes its first senior managed bond deal.
February 7 -
Proceeds from New York City’s upcoming sales of $1.4 billion of bonds will be used to fund various capital projects, the city announced on Tuesday
February 6 -
Municipal bond buyers adopted a cautious tone on Tuesday, waiting for trading volatility to die down before jumping back into the market.
February 6 -
Some municipal bond traders are describing an apathetic mood in the municipal market on Tuesday.
February 6 -
The federal tax overhaul and belt-tightening at the state level cast a pall of uncertainty over the $88.67 billion preliminary fiscal 2019 budget plan.
February 5 -
Although market conditions are not pristine, with rising yields and little primary action, market participants expressed reason to believe the first week of February will be a positive one.
February 2 -
Municipal bond yields are rising as buyers look ahead to another smaller-than-average slate of sales heading to market next week.
February 2
